In this quote, Dante is trying to express what he believes fate and fortune means through a mythological figure of Dame Fortune. Dante speculates that man can not control destiny, but man can change his actions or behavior and therefore change his life. Also Dante believes that fate should just take its course, however fate can be changed  by our decisions on life. Dante states that the Dame Fortune is a women figure spinning a wheel. Also in the book Inferno, the Dame Fortune is one of God’s chosen ministers, who distributes out good and bad luck in a predictable way. The spinning wheel that the Dame Fortune is holding is a wheel of change. This wheel of chance may be the reason why Dante declares that, “No mortal power may stay her spinning wheel,” (line 82). Dante reveals that no king or queen or any person, except for god, will be able to control her own fate and fortune. Saying that we are the only ones able to control and change our outcome in life for the better or the worse. However, we still are not able to predict how our destiny and luck will end up to be and what will happen next in our lives.  Dante says, “She passes, and things pass,” emphasizing that everyday when we change our fate and fortune, we will have new opportunities that pass our eyes that will allow us to change our fate and fortune more (line 86). The quote, “Man’s mortal reason cannot encompass her,” is saying that no one’s moral reason should be able to affect your own thoughts (line 85-86). Also that other mortal reasons should not be able to compress or force there who beliefs and ideas on our own thoughts. When Dante announces that, “ She rules her sphere as the gods rule theirs,” he is trying to say the we rule our own lives as other should just rule theirs. Which is saying that we should only care about our lives and not try to control or persuade others to change their lives for the better or the worse. Also that people should just let other be able to figure out their own mistakes and be able to learn on their own. Dante says, “Season by season,” which is showing that we should live our lives as it comes, not worrying about our past or our fortunes. Just to care about our present day lives (line 87).

   
    In Sophocles, it did not matter what they did to try to change their fate, they still would fulfill what their destiny was. For example, Oedipus’s fate was that he was going to marry his mother and kill his father. So, Oedipus left his home so that he would not be able to perform his destiny. However, while leaving, he was very furious and  got into a fight with a chariot driver, over who had the right to go first. That was when Oedipus kill Laius, his birth father, in self defense, without knowing that he fulfilled part of the prophecy. On the other hand, Dante believes that we are able to change our fate anytime in our lives.  In Dante’s quote, he says “Her changes change her changes endlessly” (pg 55, line 88). Meaning that every second of everyday you are introduced to new things that will change your fate and fortune and those thoughts and ideas with soon be changed again and again and the changes will never end.

    The faith of Dante is weak in the first canto. This is shown when he does not trust and look for his God for support during the appearance of the three beast. However as we get further into the circles of hell we start to notice that Dante is starting to overcome his fear or evil by trusting in God’s control and grace. Dante shows that he is more trusting in God when he says, “ No mortal may stay her spinning wheel.” In this quote Dante is revealing that God, a non-mortal, is able to control and observe the way we maintain out lives.