# Fortune — The Blazing World character guide

> Fortune in The Blazing World by Margaret Cavendish.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Lady Fortune, Great Fortune

**First appearance:** 0002-the-description-of-a-new-world-called-the-blazing-world

## Who they are

Personification of fortune, referenced as a guiding force in the narrative.

## Relationships

### [The Duchess of Newcastle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blazing_world_se/characters/the_duchess_of_newcastle)

_psychological_

Fortune personifies the capricious luck that alternately favors and frustrates the Duchess's ambitions.

### [The Empress](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blazing_world_se/characters/the_empress)

_psychological_

Fortune represents the unpredictable forces that shape the Empress's rise and challenges to her rule.

### [Prudence](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blazing_world_se/characters/prudence)

_rivalry_

Fortune and Prudence are opposing forces, with Prudence seeking to counter Fortune's randomness through careful planning.

### [The Duchess of Newcastle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blazing_world_se/characters/the_duchess_of_newcastle)

_psychological_

Fortune personifies the capricious luck that alternately favors and frustrates the Duchess's ambitions.

### [The Empress](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blazing_world_se/characters/the_empress)

_psychological_

Fortune represents the unpredictable forces that shape the Empress's rise and challenges to her rule.

## Links

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