Part one of term paper
Nature is an important theme employed in many novels, especially throughout Tess of the D'Urbervilles. Hardy, however, skillfully uses nature specifically to express Tess's emotions. He is able to substantiate those emotions with natural images that are well known and comprehendible. He also presents different aspects of nature such as ...

Part two of term paper
... because in doing so Hardy is not only able to signify feeling, but show Tess's change of emotion by using it in parallel with the changes nature undergoes. In this way, the various images of nature are used to interpret Tess's divergent and varying feelings. The first images Hardy uses with Tess are those that portray a sense of innocence and purity. By saying, "every girl carried in her left (hand) a bunch of white flowers. . . their hair reflected in the sunshine every tone of gold. . ...