C.) Human characteristics, as "personifying" means something inherits some characteristic of a human, such as sadness, anger, glee, etc.
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The definition of sloth would be laziness, unwillingness to work or act.
Two context clues are the word "idleness" and the phrase "doing of nothing". Idleness may mean boredom, but also dullness. Doing of nothing clearly supports the notion of not working, not acting.