The Ambassadors is a 1903 novel by Henry James, originally published as a serial in the North American Review (NAR). This dark comedy, seen as one of the masterpieces of James's final period, follows the trip of protagonist Lewis Lambert Strether to Europe in pursuit of Chad Newsome, his widowed fiancée's supposedly wayward son; he is to bring the young man back to the family business, but he encounters unexpected complications. The third-person narrative is told exclusively from Strether's point of view.
Plot summary
Lambert Strether, a middle-aged, yet not broadly experienced, man from Woollett, Massachusetts, agrees to assume a mission for his wealthy fiancée: go to Paris and rescue her son, Chad Newsome, from the clutches of a presumably wicked woman. On his journey, Strether stops in England, and there meets Maria Gostrey, an American woman who has lived in Paris for years. Her cynical wit and worldly opinions start to rattle Strether's preconceived view of the situation.
The Ambassadors (1533) is a painting by Hans Holbein the Younger. It was created in the Tudor Period in the same year Elizabeth I was born. As well as being a double portrait, the painting contains a still life of several meticulously rendered objects, the meaning of which is the cause of much debate. It also incorporates a much-cited example of anamorphosis in painting. It is part of the collection at the National Gallery in London.
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Although a German-born artist who spent most of his time in England, Holbein displayed the influence of Early Netherlandish painters in this work. This influence can be noted most outwardly in the use of oil paint, the use of which for panel paintings had been developed a century before in Early Netherlandish painting. What is most "Flemish" of Holbein's use of oils is his use of the medium to render meticulous details that are mainly symbolic: as Jan van Eyck and the Master of Flémalle used extensive imagery to link their subjects to divinity, Holbein used symbols to link his figures to show the same things on the table.
Villagers When he arrived he was our truth He was the answer to our prayers He was the truth that gave us hope The one who's there when no one cares Is he really the one to blame? Was the truth just a lie that we chose to believe in? Father Dominic Who are the imposters here? We who live our lives deceiving Hiding from the truths we fear We are always make-believing We are caught like captive flies In this web of lies were weaving Day by day and year by year Tell me who are the imposters here Pierre & Mme de Rols Who is the impostor here? There behind a mask he's hiding Waiting like a mutineer To destroy the law-abiding We will send him to his grave Pierre Justice is the wave we're riding Pierre & Mme de Rols Soon the mask will disappear Then we'll burn the vile imposter here The imposter is here Villagers The imposters are here! Father Dominic The imposters are you and I Look inside and you'll see It is we who are dying Villagers Who are the imposters here? Christians who would hunt and seize us Worshipping the bloodied spear Killing in the name of Jesus Only love will see us through Only faith in you, Lord, frees us/Jesus save us, lead us, free us Lead us out of mortal fear Save us from the true imposters here!' The imposters are here! Prostestants In their hatred and lies! Villagers God knows by daybreak The judgment will come Guillaume And then he'll hang by his neck and I'll watch his face As he dies, so I'll rise to my rightful place! Villagers Let us pray for the day bringing light to the lie When the truth will shine like the sun in the sky By that burning star, we'll find out who we are Who are the imposters here? Those who live their lives deceiving Who are the imposters here? Those who live their lives deceiving Hiding from the truths they fear They are always make-believing They are caught like captive flies In the web of lies they're weaving Day by day and year by year God knows who are the imposters here Arnaud, Bertrande & Guillaume She is/You are my life! Pierre & Mme de Rols This man will perish for deceiving us Arnaud, Bertrande & Guillaume She/He always will be Pierre & Mme de Rols Watch him dying in the web of lies he's weaving Arnaud, Bertrande & Guillaume Until my dying day Villagers The imposter is here Father Dominic & Protestants Like a sickening blight Villagers The imposter is here Pierre, Mme de Rols & Guillaume Like a thief in the night The whole village (back in the courtroom) He is the imposter here! Judge Coras Never have I heard such a pitiful case The law demands dignity, never disgrace I have every word that you've said, every lie, every grudge On the word of the fool, there is no case to judge (The villagers protest vehemently)
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