Portrayals (depiction)>> descrizione, ritratto, raffigurazione, riproduzione, interpretazione

Ex.: a p. of the artist as a hero: una rappresentazione del poeta come eroe;
your p. of the present situation is very precise (la tua descrizione dell’attuale situazione è molto precisa)

1 An actor's portrayal of a character in a play or film is the way that he or she plays the character.
Mr Ying is well-known for his portrayal of a prison guard in the film `The Last Emperor'.
His p. of ‘Hamlet’ was much appreciated by the critics (la sua interpetazione dell’Amleto fu molto apprezzata)

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2 An artist's portrayal of something is a drawing, painting, or photograph of it.
...a moving portrayal of St John the Evangelist by Simone Martini.
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3 The portrayal of something in a book or film is the act of describing it or showing it.
This is a sensitive and often funny portrayal of a friendship between two 11-year-old boys.
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4 The portrayal of something in a book, film, or programme is the way that it is made to appear.
The media persists in its portrayal of us as muggers, dope sellers and gangsters...
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