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[edit] Personification vs. Anthropomorphism?

To me, the 'personification' discussed in this article is better headed as 'anthropomorphism' - ie., it solely discusses the imbuing of human traits onto non-human objects.

In my opinion, 'personification' is more usually used in the opposite sense - ie., imbuing inhuman or abstract ideas onto a person. "Adolf Hitler was evil personified" would be an example of this use. Would it be fair to say that this is the most common usage?

210.236.108.5 (talk) 06:46, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] To Merge or Not to Merge

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I don't know how it's done, but the article on prosopopeia should be merged with this one - they are the same thing with different names.Sills bend 06:33, 9 November 2005 (UTC)

You can propose a merge using merge tags. See Wikipedia:Merge for details. That article also explain how to carry out a merge. I happen to disagree with this proposed merge. Personification is when an inanimite object speaks. Prosopopoeia is when an absent or non-existent person speaks. Tedernst 16:12, 9 November 2005
Thanks for that. I will still make the proposal, if you don't mind. Here is why: M._H._Abrams says, in A Glossary of literary terms, "Another figure related to metaphor is personification, or in the Greek term, prosopopeia." I can supply more references if required.
Of course you're free to do as you like. All I'm saying is that by reading the two articles, it's clear to me that they're two different concepts. That doesn't mean that a larger article might include them both, but they're clearly not the same thing. Maybe they both belong in the metaphor article? Tedernst 23:16, 9 November 2005 (UTC)
The prosopopoeia page has things slightly wrong.Sills bend 23:20, 9 November 2005 (UTC)
I think they are different concepts (see [1], [2]). Else I wouldn't have made prosopopeia a separate article! ;-) BD2412 T 23:29, 9 November 2005 (UTC)
Yes, what's writte on prosopopoeia currently does describe a slightly different concept - the examples and description fit apostrophe (figure of speech) better. The merge is complicated because the description there is not accurate. The sources linked to do both give personification as a synonym of prosopopoeia.Sills bend 23:57, 9 November 2005 (UTC)
The sources seem to cast prosopopoeia as a type of personification. For what it's worth, I picked the term up from The Book of Lists #3, in a list of "10 Commonly Used Figures of Speech" (along with such gems as tmesis, anaptyxis, catachresis, and aposiopesis). I suppose a merge would work. BD2412 T 01:43, 10 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Rubbish

I just did a huge edit on the articel, pretty much completely changing it. This is what I learned it was in Latin class, so I am pretty sure it is right. Articuno1

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