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Personification is the representation of a thing or abstraction as a person. It is, in other words, considered an embodiment or an incarnation. [ 1 ] In the arts , many things are commonly personified.
Other examples of anthropomorphism include the attribution of human traits to animals, especially domesticated pets such as dogs and cats. Examples of this include thinking a dog is smiling simply because it is showing his teeth, [50] or a cat mourns for a dead owner. [51] Anthropomorphism may be beneficial to the welfare of animals.
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The Little Boy from Manly, drawn by Norman Lindsay during the 1916 Conscription Referendum. The Little Boy from Manly was a national personification of New South Wales and later Australia [citation needed] created by the cartoonist Livingston Hopkins of The Bulletin in April 1885.
A national personification is an anthropomorphic personification of a state or the people(s) it inhabits. It may appear in political cartoons and propaganda. Some personifications in the Western world often took the Latin name of the ancient Roman province. Examples of this type include Britannia, Germania, Hibernia, Hispania, Helvetia and Polonia.
John Kellogg Hodgman (born June 3, 1971) is an American author, actor, and humorist. In addition to his published written works, such as his satirical trilogy The Areas of My Expertise, More Information Than You Require, and That Is All, he is known for his personification of a PC in contrast to Justin Long's personification of a Mac in Apple's "Get a Mac" advertising campaign, and for his ...
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