Krapp's Last Tape offers what could be construed as a craftily-nuanced portrayal of that same "force of desire which supersedes the ego" that intriguingly attempts to surface in the grim humor of " wearish old man" Krapp (CDW 215).

Krapp's " wearish " self also jars with his strikingly comic attire: the too-short trousers, the clownish capacious pockets, the boots that are more than a size too big and the buffoon-like "purple nose" (CDW215).