Book of Esther Themes

In Esther, families need to stick together. Esther and Mordecai are a good example of this—they aid one another and their kin. Haman's family, on the other hand, is less cohesive. His wife gives...

The biggest hater in the story is Haman. He's like the honorary president of Haterz R Us (ooo, cold burn). He hates Mordecai for not bowing down to him and, consequently, ends up hating and trying...

The Book of Esther begins with a bunk marriage—the marriage between King Ahasuerus and Queen Vashti—and later involves a different one, when Esther becomes the new queen. That second marriage i...

There's plenty of manipulation afoot in Esther. In a negative way, Haman manipulates the king into approving genocide (though, that sort of stretches the definition of manipulation since he essenti...

Initially, Haman wants to take revenge on Mordecai (for not bowing to him). Haman's plan is to kill Mordecai and his entire people. When this falls flat, the new act of revenge that takes center st...

Vashti… Esther… need we say more? Well, since there's space, we will: the Book of Esther depicts a pair of powerful and capable women. Vashti sort of dissolves off-stage into an uncertain futur...