Esther: Important Characters

Question 1

Queen Esther

Answer 1

When Esther becomes queen, she keeps her Jewish decent a secret. But when she learns of a plot to kill all the Jews, she uses her position to intercede on behalf of her people.

Question 2

Mordecai

Answer 2

Esther’s cousin and adoptive father. Mordecai is a Jew. He is loyal, strong, and persistent. He saves the king from an assassination. Mordecai refuses to bow to Haman, which instigates the conflict of Esther: Haman vs. Mordecai.

Question 3

Haman

Answer 3

Enemy of the Jews. Mordecai refuses to bow to him. Haman escalates the conflict by getting the king to sign an edict against all Jews and planning to hang Mordecai. Esther intercepts his plans and the king kills Haman instead.

Question 4

King Ahasuerus

Answer 4

The king deposes Queen Vashti when she publicly disobeys him at his banquet. He then brings on Esther as his new queen. He goes along with Haman’s plot, he makes promises to Esther, he allows Esther and Mordecai to write their own counter-laws and enact their own feasts.