The Wheel of Fortune
Boethius during the time of his book, Consolation of Philosophy, finds himself in the midst of ill fortune, and shows the reader that fortune does not always bring happiness, but can still be good. Lady Philosophy along her journey of showing what Fortune really is claims, “The fact of the matter is that ill fortune is better for men than good”(Boethius 57). Confused by this statement Lady Fortune throughout the novel shows how Fortune may not be good to you, but it can be good for you. Lady Philosophy begins with the common perception of Fortune. Despite Fortune providing both good and bad times to the men who have spun her wheel, she is constantly given a negative stigmatism of being a taker. Lady Philosophy embodies the mindset of Fortune in Book 1 part 2 to explain to Boethius that his sorrow is not Fortune’s fault, rather it was his own reliance on her and her gifts by saying, “I gave you all kinds of affluence and luxury, whatever was in my power, and you took it as if it were ...