So, later in Kilborne's analysis, he starts comparing Dimmesdale to Oedipus. This makes sense from the psychoanalytical standpoint, because Freud liked talking about Oedipus, and Freud is the generic basic entry to psychology. Unfortunately, most scholars agree that Freud was wrong on almost everything, which means that analysis based on him is going to seem weird from the perspective of not living in the 1800s or trying to pass off weird incest fantasies as something everyone has.
There's also some stuff about how feelings become the reality when you lock them up inside for too long but I don't have feelings so I wouldn't know. Basically Dimmesdale has no life because he sits around inside and feels everything. He's like the original neckbeard.
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