As You Like It Literary Devices

Definition of Personification

Personification is a type of figurative language in which non-human things are described as having human attributes, as in the sentence, "The rain poured down on the wedding guests, indifferent... read full definition

Personification is a type of figurative language in which non-human things are described as having human attributes, as in the sentence, "The rain poured down... read full definition

Personification is a type of figurative language in which non-human things are described as having human attributes, as in the... read full definition

Explanation and Analysis—Fortune's Wheel:

In Act 1, Scene 2, Celia and Rosalind discuss Fortune and its role in the lives of women, personifying Fortune as an old housewife sitting by her wheel.

Celia: Let us sit and mock the good housewife Fortune
from her wheel, that her gifts may be henceforth be
bestowed equally.

Rosalind: I would we could do so, for her benefits are
mightily displaced, and the bountiful blind woman
doth most mistake in her gifts to women.

Celia: 'Tis true, for those she makes fair she scarce
makes honest, and those she makes honest she
makes very ill-favoredly.

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Explanation and Analysis—A Woman's Thoughts:

In Act 4, Scene 1, Rosalind (as “Ganymede”) is “married” to Orlando by Celia, who plays the role of priest. Rosalind personifies her thoughts in this scene:

Rosalind: There’s a girl goes before the priest, and certainly a woman’s thought runs before her actions.

Orlando: So do all thoughts. They are winged.

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As You Like It: Personification 2 key examples

Definition of Personification