Esther As A Hero

The Persian Empire is arguably one of the greatest and largest empires ever in the history of the world. It was in place from approximately 550 to 334 BCE in Asia Minor and Persia. Throughout the time the empire was in place there were multiple kings that ruled it changing the cultures of the people living in the empire. The Book of Ester is a book from the Hebrew Bible written during the fourth century BCE that tells the story of a Persian king Achashvairosh. In the story information is given on how Persian Kings were able rule their vast empire for such a long period of time. The Persian Kings that ruled the Persian Empire were able to do their job successfully, deal with problems they faced, and keep their empire culturally vast because

Esther had 2 parents, both born in Warsaw, Poland. She grew up with 3 sisters and 1 brother. Her family immigrated into Frankfurt, to be able to provide a better education for their children. They soon moved to Munich. They moved around a lot, but finally settled back into Frankfurt. The Ebe (original name) family lived in a small apartment, in Frankfurt.. In regards to religion, the Ebe family went to a Polish synagogue, in Frankfurt. They went to their synagogue almost every day.They always enjoyed celebrating Jewish holidays with each other. Esther and her other siblings went to a very well known Jewish school. She enjoyed school, until Hitler came into power because they started to get blamed for everything that Germany had been through.

The picture of the perfect 1950s marriage as depicted through television sitcoms of that era display a happy family with a loving dutiful wife, a handsome businessman husband, and two or three children. What marriage then or now does this idealistic version truly portray? In the past few decades and especially in recent years that version of a marriage has greatly changed. The dynamic of how a marriage works has been significantly altered in the years since the 1950s. At that time the woman was expected to stay home, have babies, and care for the home while the husband was out in the work force. There is no typical American marriage anymore, every couple functions in a different way and is not expected to conform to any standards dictated

The first act of Esther opens with King Xerxes throwing a banquet. While this scene says nothing of Esther or the Jewish people, it creates the setting that these Jews are living in. The Jews, who are not meant to be materialistic, not meant to cling to the things of this world or to live in sin, are living among people who prize and cherish these things. The author describes the rich abundance and luxury of Persian culture in great detail, even depicting the curtains and the royal colors splashed across the household items. Xerxes comes across as being arrogant, priding himself on parading his authority, and also as not being safe to cross; he calls upon Queen Vashti to flaunt her and then deposes her when she refuses.

but Queen Esther had not heard about the law to kill the Jews so Mordecai told her to ask the servant to explain it to her and all the Jews were really scared but Mordecai told Queen Esther and she told him that if anyone who goes into the kings throne will be killed. Esther put on her royal clothing. She stood in the inner yard of the king's palace. This yard was in front of the king's hall. The king was sitting on his royal seat in the hall.

Esther trusted God’s plan to save the Jews by ending Haman’s evil plan through the help of the king. In the beginning, Esther had feared that she would receive death for help the Jews. When the king asked Esther, “What is your request?” Esther then responded back by saying, “For I and my people have been sold to be destroyed, killed and annihilated. If we had merely been sold as male and female slaves, I would have kept quiet, because no such distress would justify disturbing the king.” God had given this plan to Queen Esther to use her power to save the Jews from their enemy. Esther was rewarded for her obedience, and God rewarded her for standing up for the Jews. She used her position, voice, and faith to save a nation through the help of

At the end he is recruited into an army that fights the rebels but he is sent for treatment. That is where he develops a close relationship with Esther. She leads him through rehab and he is able to heal and regain his humanity. He meets Uncle Tommy along the way who allows him to stay with them. Then he gets the chance to go to New York where he meets Laura who will allow him to come back and stay with her in New York forever. His family especially his mother and Junior led him to this along with his friends that he met along the way. He was committed to finding his family which allowed to not give up. Even though he was close, he was able to heal and have a successful life by teaching what he went through.

Esther is the seventeenth book of the Old Testament that is ascribed to Mordechai and is wrote in Hebrew. The name Esther means star. She becomes king Ahasuerus’ queen for thirteen years. She becomes Ahasuerus’ queen by sacrificing herself for her people the Jews. She says, “If I perish, I perish.” The Jews are persecuted because a man named Haman dislikes all Jews and tries to prove to the king of Persia that all Jews are disloyal. He tries to have Mordecai sent to his death, but after Esther sacrifices herself, Haman becomes trapped and is hung on the very scaffold that he plans to have Mordecai sent to death on. Mordecai saves the kings life and he becomes a servant for the king. A very important feast that takes place in this book that

The characteristics of a person who is a hero are brave, an ideal and strong, but for me a hero is someone who saves other people, and Esther is an example of that heroine. The Jewish festival of Purim can be compared to Halloween; this holiday was an inspiration of Esther; making her the only woman who approved the Jewish religious tradition. The book of Esther is a unique book because there is no direct mention of God, but it does not mean that God has no sovereignty in Esther’s life, this is what intrigues many readers including me to understand the logic of excluding God especially since this story is in the Bible. In addition to God not mentioned, I also find Esther’s story to be intriguing because she is smart, obedient and courage. In my paper, I will be focusing on how Esther is a positive role model and a heroine for the Jews. To support my claims, I will include the Bible, two scholarly articles “Keeping God out of the Book of Esther” by Gregory R. Goswell, and “Heartless Bimbo or Subversive Role Model?: A Narrative (Self) Critical Reading of the Character of Esther” by Angeline Song and last a website article “Esther: Hidden Beauty” by Sara Esther Crispe.

One of the reasons that exacerbates Esther’s disinterestedness about life is the role of men, which impact her life throughout the novel, especially her disillusionment of her relationship with Buddy Willard. As the historical context implies Esther lives in a male-dominated world ruled by double standards, which is the source that drives Esther away from Buddy and essentially all men by the end of the novel. What pains Esther is that Buddy is a hypocrite and that she is, initially, unaware of it. When she first meets him, she adores him from a distance for five years, but soon realises that he is an “awful hypocrite” (49). Esther is unsettled by Buddy’s desire to marry her, and later expresses frustration by highlighting his hypocrisy, since she “found out how he had fooled me all those years and what a hypocrite he was” (58).

Constantin picks Esther up to take her to the United Nations. Through talking, it is apparent that they are both interested in one another. Esther remarks on Constantin’s height, but seems to ignore that later on when he holds her hand. She says that when he held her hand she felt as happy as she did when she went to the beach with her father years before. This makes it obvious that Esther is not locked into Buddy. I feel like this could bring her out of her shell, but also give her the strength to forget Buddy. Although it is quite apparent that she is not wild about Buddy, I feel that there are still feelings there. Since she reminisced on the happiness she felt at the beach when she was nine years old, she cannot help but wonder why she

The book of Esther takes us to a historical time in the Bible in the land of Persia, at a time when heroic acts of beauty take a stand for the people of her country. The loyalty and dedication wins the hearts of many that fear the power of royalty. As we read into the book of Esther we will venture through the Literary, Historical, and Contemporary worlds, and learn how life was lived through our eyes of the Persian ways. The book of Esther is about God’s work being done without his presence, nevertheless giving grace to his people and the power to those who do right by the word of God.

The Book of Esther is the story of a young Jewish woman, who by the will of God is placed in the position to speak out against the genocide of her people. Esther is chosen by King Ahasuerus to be his new queen after the previous queen, Vashti defies him and is subsequently dethroned. Raised by her elder cousin Mordecai, Esther is advised to keep her Jewish ethnicity a secret. Haman the King’s high official is offended by Mordechai’s refusal to pay respect and bow down to him. Word of Mordecai being a Jew reaches Haman. Seeking revenge, Haman manipulates King Ahasuerus into issuing an edict for the extermination of all Jews. Mordecai calls upon Esther to convince the King to spare the Jewish people. Strategically, Esther arranges a banquet where

While at the beach with Jody, Esther talks to Jody’s friend Cal. Esther and Cal talk about suicide, and Esther asks him how he would go through with it. Cal’s reply was by gun and this upset Esther because she thinks that is a very manly way of doing it. She does not believe that she should go through with something as big as that in a manly way. Once again, her feminism traits are showing through her thoughts and actions. Esther is very ahead of her time when it comes to ideas for and about women. She thinks that they should be independant and be able to do things in whatever way they please. I admire her for her thoughts on women's rights. I also think she is very torn between being her own and being with someone else. I do not think she

Esther appears as a woman of deep piety, faith, courage, patriotism, and caution, combined with resolution; a dutiful daughter to her adopted father, docile and obedient to his counsels, and anxious to share the king 's favors with him for the good of the Jewish people. In short,