I can't deny that I am attracted to him by some power that I don't understand. I've tried...
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Mordecai:
Esther! [finds Esther in the garden] Mordecai:
I've just left the King and he smiles again, often and readily. Indeed, each passing day seems another proof that you were God-sent to that troubled man. But I worry about your safety, Esther. The King is not a patient man. He is attracted not only by your beauty but by your integrity and sense of justice. The qualities that still bind you to Simon. Yet I fear that same conscience of yours may, in time, destroy his patience and, perhaps, turn him against you. Esther:
I'm in no danger, Uncle Mordecai. So far he's shown nothing but kindness to me. Mordecai:
You do not know him as I do. His violence can be great. Esther:
You see him as a man among men. You do not see him as I do - through a woman's eyes. Mordecai:
Oh! Surely such a quick defense can only spring from affection. Esther:
I can't deny that I am attracted to him by some power that I don't understand. I've tried to believe that it's simply power of admiration. But then, do you think that it was only admiration that I felt for Simon all these years?
Esther! [finds Esther in the garden] Mordecai:
I've just left the King and he smiles again, often and readily. Indeed, each passing day seems another proof that you were God-sent to that troubled man. But I worry about your safety, Esther. The King is not a patient man. He is attracted not only by your beauty but by your integrity and sense of justice. The qualities that still bind you to Simon. Yet I fear that same conscience of yours may, in time, destroy his patience and, perhaps, turn him against you. Esther:
I'm in no danger, Uncle Mordecai. So far he's shown nothing but kindness to me. Mordecai:
You do not know him as I do. His violence can be great. Esther:
You see him as a man among men. You do not see him as I do - through a woman's eyes. Mordecai:
Oh! Surely such a quick defense can only spring from affection. Esther:
I can't deny that I am attracted to him by some power that I don't understand. I've tried to believe that it's simply power of admiration. But then, do you think that it was only admiration that I felt for Simon all these years?
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Because I could foresee in it the answer that
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May lead to the salvation of our people
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Not only now but for the ages to come
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So you would sacrifice her like a lamb
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Upon the altar for posterity
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What if the king learns of this
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What then would be her punishment
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No no
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You can't do this
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I won't let you do it
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No oh please
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Take them away
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Movie Summary
Two decades before she would gain fame and some fortune as Alexis Carrington on Dynasty (1981), Dame Joan Collins starred as Esther in this melodramatic, routine Biblical story. The setting is Persia in the fourth century B.C., as Es
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Mordecai
Esther
