DEFINITION :Animals or inanimate objects are portrayed in a story as people. They walk, talk, being given human body parts like arms,legs, facial features, and they also have feelings.
This term is commonly found in literary works (short stories,dramas,novels). For example, in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll (the author) uses anthropomorphism for the characters in the story. The King and Queen of Hearts and their playing-card courtiers, as well as the rabbit, are given human traits as they have arms and legs, and they can talk,laugh and cry just like human beings. Plus, the rabbit, for instance, is fully dressed.
However, this term is often incorrectly 'Personification'. How to distinguish them?
There are various opinion from various sources about the difference between Anthropomorphism and Personification. The most relevant point is :- Personification is the ascribing of human characteristics to nonhuman but living things (example : the tree waves when the wind blows), while Anthropomorphism is when the author makes an object or animal behaves like a human being (example : Winnie the Pooh).
Hopefully, with the examples given, there will be no more confusion on Anthropomorphism and Personification.
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