Both Uses of
analysis
in
The Scarlet Letter
- Certainly there was some deep meaning in it most worthy of interpretation, and which, as it were, streamed forth from the mystic symbol, subtly communicating itself to my sensibilities, but evading the analysis of my mind.
p. 31.4 *analysis = detailed examination
- This unhappy person had effected such a transformation by devoting himself for seven years to the constant analysis of a heart full of torture, and deriving his enjoyment thence, and adding fuel to those fiery tortures which he analysed and gloated over.
p. 157.0
Definitions:
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(1)
(analysis as in: analysis of relevant data) the process or result of examining and thinking about something to better understand it
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(2)
(analysis as in: psychiatrist suggested analysis) psychiatric treatment -- (using any of many theories of the human mind that use talk therapy to understand the unconscious mind)