In " The Divided Self " ( 1960 ), Laing contrasted the experience of the " ontologically secure " person with that of a person who " cannot take the realness, aliveness, autonomy and identity of himself and others for granted " and who consequently contrives strategies to avoid " losing his self ".
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The arrangement of figures actually " resembles the figures used in the psychological experiments early [ in the 20th ] century to establish the principle of closure . " The divided self is a common means of approach to Beckettian texts and has been applied to " Krapp s Last Tape ", " Footfalls ", " That Time " and even " Waiting for Godot ".
