Book of Esther Figures

Esther is the heroine, the main character. That's obvious, given that the book is named after her (though she gets about the same amount of stage time as some of the other major characters like Aha...

Mordecai is a lot like Daniel or Joseph, except he's not quite as awesome or good at interpreting dreams or anything like that. He's a bit more minor league—the Faygo to their Fanta, if you will....

What exactly is this dude thinking? It's a tough question, we admit. King Ahasuerus agrees to help commit a genocide simply because his wicked counselor suggests doing so. He doesn't seem to give i...

Ah, Haman—he's the wicked Wormtongue whispering in the ear of Ahasuerus (kudos if you got our Lord of the Rings reference) and but one in a long line of evil counselors who eventually get their c...

Vashti doesn't get a speaking part in Esther, but her actions speak much louder than her words. King Ahasuerus wants her to come see him so that he can show her off to all the subjects in his kingd...

These guys are eunuchs (servants who have been castrated—or are otherwise sexually non-active—so they won't get involved with the women in the king's harem). They don't play a very important ro...

These guys are eunuchs too, but unlike Hegai and Hathach who are positive characters, they're plotting to assassinate the king (though, this might not be a bad idea, given some of Ahasuerus' behavi...

Haman's wife Zeresh and his friends are the people who come up with the ostensibly bright idea of building a pointlessly gigantic gallows on which to hang Mordecai. Later, they also—after Mordeca...