I guess Boethius likes personification

One main theme that I noticed in this reading is the use of personification. The way Boethius speaks about his poems or songs being companions and personifies death sheds a little bit of light into how he views literature and life as a whole. His main use of personification is with Fortune and Philosophy. The picture he paints of lady Philosophy being this tattered woman and Fortune being extremely appealing and heavenly is a perfect representation of how people view the world, even today. I think the point he is trying to make with all of this is that Philosophy, in all of her wisdom, had been chastised and beaten by men who could not take the time to understand and cherish her, but Fortune, while representing a heavenly being, is typically blamed for misfortune as well. I think Boethius kind of dumbs it down so that people will be able to get on the level that understands the purpose of philosophy and hopefully maybe they will appreciate her as much as he does. So my question is, Philosophy and Fortune being the two figures of Boethius's life, what would the figures of your life be? What do you think people take for granted today and what do you think is disguised as beautiful when in all honesty, it is just a worn down idea?