In the Northrop essay the author talks about the "central preoccupation of Romanticism: the conflict of consciousness and action." During this essay I kept thinking on how almost all of the critical essays are related to Hamlets main problem which is his conscience, which defies his ability to act. During this essay Frye talks about how Hamlets conscience doesn't let him kill his ungrateful uncle by orders of his dead father, hence the "To Be or Not to Be" soliloquy which is a confrontation between Hamlets right or wrong. Personally in this scene from the play I can actually see or imagine Hamlet just standing there while the devil and the angel each stand on a shoulder having the "To Be o Not to Be" talk. This essay in particular brought my attention due to the fact that it gives a clear understanding of the main internal conflict of the play and Hamlet.
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