Literary notes about emissary (AI summary)
In literature, the term “emissary” is used to evoke a sense of authority and mystery as it designates a messenger or representative sent with a charge or mission. It frequently appears in contexts where a character is tasked with conveying vital information or executing pivotal actions, whether in the realm of statecraft, divine intervention, or personal fate. The word carries an air of solemn duty and often embodies hidden power, as when a diplomatic envoy negotiates delicate peace accords [1] or when a radiant messenger heralds the coming of the divine [2]. Moreover, the emissary sometimes stands as a symbolic agent of higher ideals or clandestine machinations, representing movements larger than the individual and lending a mythic quality to the narrative [3][4][5].
- Another emissary rode to the Russian line to announce the peace negotiations and to offer the Russian army the three days’ truce.
— from War and Peace by graf Leo Tolstoy - From that great Eye, a day ago, had sprung a shining Messenger, an Emissary, a God that must be coming on a purposeful visit.
— from The God-Plllnk by Jerome Bixby - It is said on good authority that the French emissary verbally offered the complete restoration of Prussia if she would desert her ally.
— from The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte. Vol. 3 (of 4) by William Milligan Sloane - By virtue of his Indian blood and historic ancestry he was deemed the most fitting emissary for the purpose.
— from Myths of the Cherokee by James Mooney - “Providence still,” murmured he; “now only am I fully convinced of being the emissary of God!”
— from The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet
