In Samuel Becket's Last Krapp Tape there are three features that make the piece modernist. The dialogue, technology, and fragmentation of the work are traits that would often be used in modernist literature. Although each writer had a different way of approaching these traits, it is clear that in Krapp's latest tape they intended to make a modernist case. The work is set up as a monologue. The monologue element is not a trait used specifically in modernist writing because it has been universally used in every era such as Romanticism and the Victorian era. Although the monologue is not a modernist element, the way it is used in Krapp's The Last Tape makes it a modernist feature. The monologue in this drama was not directed at the audience but at himself. The use of an internal monologue led to an understanding of Krapp's character. A clear example of an internal monologue would be when Krapp compares and contrasts himself to his younger self on the tape. “I've been listening to that stupid bastard I've had for thirty years, hard to believe I've ever been this bad. Thank God it's all done anyway." (1383) Krapp in this painting defines himself since there is no one else against whom he can define himself other than his previous self. In the monologue Krapp speaks to himself and constantly refers to the voice on the tape to understand who he is, although it is not conclusive that he is aware of it. This monologue is the classification of Krapp's character and his place in society. From which we find out that this old man was not well in the society due to the characterization. The understanding of one's identity and belonging to society is...... middle of paper ......and, where the dialogues do not make sense or jump from the present to the past or are not coherent. The example of “All there, all about this old muckball, all the light and dark and famine and feast of… (hesitates)… the ages! (in a cry) Yes! (Pause) Forget it! Jesus! Think about his homework! Jesus!" (1383) shows the monologue fragmented. The stream of consciousness came out orally from Krapp's mouth, he couldn't stop himself from speaking. His mind continues to associate with irrelevant thoughts that often made no sense in the external frame, yet had a meaning in the internal frame. His thoughts are related to repressed emotions but not entirely coherent. Although they were spontaneous, they had meaning. Both Krapp's dialogue and the tape recording make the work an unelaborated drama and an enigma.