nhân cách hóa
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Definition
- Verb:
- To personify: To attribute human characteristics, emotions, or behaviors to non-human entities such as animals, objects, ideas, or natural forces. This is a core technique in literature and rhetoric.
- To embody / to exemplify: To represent a quality or idea in a perfect human form; to be a perfect example of a particular quality.
Usage Examples
- Verb (to attribute human traits):
- Nhà thơ thường nhân cách hóa mặt trời và gió. (Poets often personify the sun and the wind.)
- Truyện ngụ ngôn nhân cách hóa các con vật để dạy bài học đạo đức. (Fables personify animals to teach moral lessons.)
- Verb (to embody a quality):
- Cô ấy chính là hiện thân nhân cách hóa của lòng dũng cảm. (She is the very personification of courage.)
Advanced Usage
- Literary Device: Personification is a fundamental literary device. It is not merely using a metaphor like "the angry storm," but creating a sustained representation where the non-human entity acts like a person.
- Việc nhân cách hóa "Tử Thần" như một người gặt hái là một hình ảnh phổ biến. (Personifying "Death" as a reaper is a common image.)
Variants and Related Words
- Sự nhân cách hóa (n): Personification. The act of personifying or the resulting figure of speech.
- Sự nhân cách hóa trong bài thơ này rất sinh động. (The personification in this poem is very vivid.)
Synonyms
- Personify: To attribute a personal nature or human characteristics to something non-human.
- Anthropomorphize: To attribute human form or characteristics to (a god, animal, or object). This is a more technical synonym.
- Embodiment: A tangible or visible form of an idea, quality, or feeling.
Related Concepts
- Apostrophe: A related rhetorical device where the speaker addresses an absent person, an abstract idea, or a thing as if it were present and capable of understanding.
- Allegory: A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, often employing personified characters.
- Personify