1) In order to present the fox to the readers, DH Lawrence adopts two different points of view: the point of view of two farmers (Banford and March) and the point of view of March.
In the first lines of the novel, the fox is presented through the eyes of the two farmers as a ‘demon’ and an ‘evil [..] greater than any other’; Indeed ‘he carried off the hens under the very noses of March and Banford’ since he was sly and ‘difficult as a serpent to see’. Therefore, right from the start the narrator highlights the slyness of the beast.
On the other hand, March seems to be fascinated by the fox. As the reader can notice in different passages of the novel, the woman focuses her attention on the fox’s physical aspect. Indeed she ‘caught sight’ of his ruddy fur, his black and grey brush with a white tip (that he ‘held smooth like a feather’), his white buttocks, and his white belly.. All in all, the fox’s fur is characterized by a contrast between a pure white and deeper colours like red, black and grey that may recall the contrast between the fox’s slyness and his instincts. Another relevant point is March’s attention towards the fox’s eyes. Indeed they seem to be what attracts March more.

2) Moreover, the reader can notice that the fox seems to be personified through the description of his eyes and his actions. Indeed, when the narrator presents the meeting between March and the fox, he underlines their eye contact: ‘So he looked into her eyes, and her soul failed her. He knew her, he was not daunted’. Beyond looking into her eyes, the fox recognises March and also seems to feel emotions (‘he was not daunted’). So the reader perceives the fox as a person in self–control who can ‘know’, ‘hunt’, ‘circumvent’. That’s why the narrator chooses to use the subject pronoun ‘he’ when he refers to the fox.

3) When presenting March, the narrator brings to light both her male and female features; indeed, right from the first lines of the novel he says: ‘she would be the man about the place’. March’s characterisation unveils her ‘robust’ build and her aptitude for carpentry, joinery and outdoor working. But, at the same time, ‘her face was not a man's face’, and she has a pinched mouth and wide and dark eyes (interesting to notice is that the narrator focuses his attention on March’s eyes and later on he will give attention to the fox’s eyes). The reader can find out that, while before Henry’s arrival the male features seem to prevail in March’s characterization, after his arrival March unveils her feminine side (for example, the day before Henry’s departure, she wears a dress while she used to wear male clothes).

4) On the 21 of March starts the spring: nature is finally awake again and animals emerge from hibernation. Symbolically, March can stand for the emerging instincts and needs in human beings. Choosing to give the name March to his character, the narrator probably wants to underline how March isn’t in self-control and on the contrary, she seems to be dominated by Banford, Henry, instincts..