from the light because she wants to be possessed by him. At the same time, Henry has a spirit of a hunter. He wants to bring down March as his quarry, to make her his wife (597) He thinks that it is a good idea to marry March and then have her and the farm for his own. So then Henry expresses his feeling, Well-- I wanted to ask you to marry me (598). Although she refuses, a great relaxation seemed to have come over her (598). In her heart, March feels somewhat relieved, happy, and confused at the same time. She is still thinking about the fox. Henry realizes this and confronts March, You thought I was the fox, did you? (605). He also says, Its the first time that Ive ever been taken for a fox (605). He feels that March will not marry him because he is like the fox. Maybe it is because March is so infatuated by the fox. So Henry has the intention to get rid of the fox and get hold of March. On one frosty December night, Henry goes outside, looks for something to shoot. He senses the fox, and then he shoots him. He kills the fox. That is Henrys moment of victory. He is angry when March shows her uneasy feeling of the dead fox. But the fox is dead, and he wins. Later Henry kills Banford and then he feels that he has won March entirely. He had won her, he knew it and was glad, because he wanted her for his life (638). As for March, she wanted him to possess her, she wanted it, she wanted nothing else (639) for her life. Henry and marriage function as an answer of her anxious suffering and her needs of a powerful and masculine male. Henry comes into reality to replace the fox. Both Henry and the fox make her unconsciously feel dominated by a male figure. So when Henry kills the fox, he wins. At the same time, March is blissful. Her desire to be possessed by a man comes into reality. The fox dies, but Henry is alive....
