1. The Fox by D. H. Lawrence

2. the fox is an animal that lives in woods Physical characteristics: reddish brown and white fur and thick tail The fox represents cunning and cleverness TITLE

3. PLOT Banford and March live on a farm together One day March meets the Fox and it is considered dangerous, but at the same time she is attracted by it A young man and soldier, Henry, lives with them Banford has an interest in Henry Henry wants to marry March Banford dies Henry and March get married

4. SETTING The story is set in 1918 in England in Baley Farm The setting illustriates the difficulties of the War and the conditions of life of two women that manage a farm The farm is isolated: that means the searc of people to find security and protection in a world in which there are not points of reference

5. NARRATIVE TECNIQUES The narrator is a third person obnisient narrator Using descriptions to describe characters’ physical aspect Using the shift of the point of view Using the free direct style and the free indirect style The reader is free to give meaning to the fiction He is into characters’ mind

6. CHARACTERS Banford: She manages the farm with March She deals with economical business She is rational She is interested by Henry March: Her name calls to mind the third month: it is connected to Mars, the god of war, and to the World War First She is masculine She is instinctive She is attracted by the Fox: she is extranged by it, because the Fox represents instinct and unconscious

7. The Fox: It is something mysterious, dangerous and fashinating like unconsious It is an animal, but it represents Henry Henry: He is dangerous and unknown like the Fox He is a predator like the Fox He is tender and seductive like a hunter

8. THE MESSAGE The “defeat” of reason represented by Banford and the “victoty” of the instinct represented by March Giving more importance to instinct not only to the reason The reflection in the relation ship between woman and man Woman is snuffed out by man