which of the following lines that shylock speakes in Act 2: Scene 5 is the BEST example of personification

Question

a) But stop my house's ears, i mean my casements: / Let not the sound of shallow foppery enter / my sober house.

b) Fast bind, fast find, / A proverb never stale in thrifty mind.

c) Snail-slow in profit, and he sleeps by day / More than the wild-cat:

d) There is some ill a-brewing towards my rest,

Answer 1

I would choose A. The word, "personification" connotes that a non-human entity has human qualities, senses or attributes. The instances when a writer "gives" a house ears and describes a house as sober are examples of personification.