In this text I’m going to explain my point of view on the Banford’s characterization in the short story “The Fox” by D.H.Lawrence. The author makes the two characters, Banford and March, connected to each other and characterizes Banford as the opposite of March. We can notice that in their name. In fact the name March recalls the month of the year that represents birth and fertility, it also recalls the verb “to march”, meaning a strong personality. Banford’s name recalls the verb “to band” which refers to the relation between her and March, who are always united. Then they are physically opposite and have a totally different temper. While March looks physically strong, Banford looks more feminine and fragile. In addition they act totally different in front of taking decisions. While March is always undecided, Banford always takes a position and does anything to make the friend think like her. The end of the story underlines their differences one more time. March marries Henry, because he costrains her to marry him and she doesn’t do anything like usual, Banford is killed by Henry. So, they both die, but Banford dies physically, while March dies psychologically. From these informations, I can conclude that the author characterized Banford to be the opposite of March.