Phillipas Fox Hunt by Somerville Ross - 1122 Words

The story by Somerville Ross, â€Å"Philippa’s Fox Hunt† was set in Ireland. A recently married couple Mr. and Mrs. Yeates were featured adapting to a new environment. The new place was characterized by new social activities that were not common in their previous residence. They had to learn new skills such as riding horses and hunting. Mr. Yeates who narrated the story described his life after marriage and how events had shaped his marriage. At the very beginning I was able to pick an element of symbolism; a newly married couple will naturally start a new life and similarly in the story the couple ventured into a new society where almost everything was new just in the same way when two people get married to each other. The starting of the†¦show more content†¦Women were seen to dominate over men. Mr. Yeates said that he felt privileged by the fact that he could get on with Lady Knox: â€Å"chiefly, I imagine, because I was a worm before her, and thankfully permitted her to do all the talking† (Fox 1). Mr. Yeates was being submissive to what Lady Knox said. Mrs. Knox had sometime back fought with Mr. Hamilton. From that time on she was vengeful because she could not attend Mr. Hamilton’s church. She drove to a church many miles away leaving Hamilton’s church near her home. Lady Knox said with sarcasm, â€Å"I wish I’d fought with him myself, he gives us forty minutes every Sunday† (Fox 1). This showed disrespect for men by the women in society. Mrs. Knox, in a different instance, scolded a young man: â€Å"Jeremiah Regan! Come down out of that with that pitchfork! Do you want to kill the fox you fool?† (Fox 1), and the young man in respect responded, â€Å"I do not, your honor, ma’am† (Fox 1). It is ironical that Mr. Yeates defended his wife who dominated over him. He worked so hard while the wife did not care about work. Later on he forced him to buy what she wanted by commanding him. He had spent his time in â€Å"ceaseless warfare with drains, eaves hoots, chimneys, pumps†¦Philippa, however, proved adorably callous to these and similar shortcomings† (Fox