The Book of Esther
The narrative of Esther and Mordecai's triumph over the pernicious Haman in the Book of Esther leaves little room for ambiguity. From the start it is clear that good will prevail: reading the Book of Esther is thus akin to watching one of the Batman movies for while there is a lot to cheer for, there is little to doubt. Through the book's presentation of a series of ironic dichotomies we see divisions between male and female, Jew and Persian, and feast and fast, which constitute a program in which the dichotomy between good and evil is only the most extreme and moralistic element. Sexuality is an underlying force that drives the plot in the beggining of the book. Which the king makes explicit when he "commanded ... the seven eunuchs who served King Ahasuerus as
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Approximate Word count = 522
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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