Part one of term paper
In Tess of the D'Ubervilles, many different environments are employed to convey the different feelings of the characters at certain points in the story. Tess, who moves about the land frequently, finds a haven at certain places and a hell at others. With Alec D'Uberville, she is in a hell--the first time, she is essentially ruined for life. ...

Part two of term paper
... life of Tess at the Herons. The unassuming villa held inside unknown beauty and also unknown pain, as Tess did. The Herons became a mocking island from which Tess could not escape, as she could not escape Alec either. She was trapped there in an awful environment with no way out. Tess did eventually find a way out of the Herons and out of Alec. She finally finished him off by stabbing him in the heart, symbolically breaking his heart as he had done to her years ago. Once he was dead, Tess was free ...