1. The Fox by D. H. Lawrence
Camuffo Francesca
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2. The Fox
Title analysis
Content
Characters

3. Title analysis The Fox Denotative meaning:
a fox is a wild animal with reddish–brown fur, a pointed face and a thick tail
Connotative meaning:
the fox is a symbolic animal: it represents intelligence, shrewdness and cunning

4. Content The story tells about:
Two women of nearly 30 years who decide to start a new life on a farm.
They look after chickens, poultry, cows and ducks.
A fox starts to kill their animals
Months pass
A young soldier comes to stay with them
A triangular relationship begins
One of the two girls is killed by the soldier
The soldier can marry the girl

5. Characters
March
Banford
Henry

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March
It is a surname
It recalls the third month of the year
To march
Physical description
Skills and economical situation
Personality and behavior
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Benford
It is a surname
To ban (to take distance)
Physical description
Social and economical situation
Family background
Personality (through actions and dialogues)
The reader can know her thoughts
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8. underline some aspects of the character
Henry
The narrator gives a lot of information about him
Physical appearance and his clothes
His actions
His past
Social and economical situation
Family background
His work
His personality (through his actions and skills)
His thoughts
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9. Narrator Styles A third person omniscient narrator free direct speech
indirect speech
free indirect speech
showing and telling

10. Setting During the First World War In the country
Near “The White Horse”, Berkshire, west of London.
In the army
Atmosphere:
Sense of distance and separation from the world
The setting creates sadness, anguish and solitude into the reader’s mind.

11. The message
The novel makes the reader reflect on two themes: the wartime and relationships
Poverty
Women had to replace men because they went to fight.
Between two women
Between a man and a woman