This supposed personification of an ancient sacred landscape appears as nothing of the sort but rather a generic Old Man River figurehead. |
But indeed it is only strictly speaking that something is amiss, only if the allegorical content of each personification must be taken seriously. |
If there is ever a personification of stone-faced fiendishness, it's Lance. |
The unconsummated love between Cathy and Heathcliff had perhaps more to do with being personifications of the very land they lived on. |
By far the majority of personifications are feminine, products of either an idealization or demonization of woman. |
Amusingly, the personifications of both Honour and Pleasure have the faces of Raphael's future Madonnas. |