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King Ahasuerus:
I trample hard on some who dare to defy the empire. Esther:
Yes, you have. And on many innocent people, too, because of the authority that you give to Haman. King Ahasuerus:
Oh, I've tightened the reins on him, thanks to your constant mentioning of his wrongdoings. But I sometimes wonder, Esther - what are you? My mentor? The keeper of my good behavior? Or a woman, who might someday return the warmth I have for her? Esther:
Oh, but there is much warmth in my feeling for you as a man. King Ahasuerus:
Then at least I've gained the outer ramparts, though you guard the inner citadel with more tenacity than the Greeks
I trample hard on some who dare to defy the empire. Esther:
Yes, you have. And on many innocent people, too, because of the authority that you give to Haman. King Ahasuerus:
Oh, I've tightened the reins on him, thanks to your constant mentioning of his wrongdoings. But I sometimes wonder, Esther - what are you? My mentor? The keeper of my good behavior? Or a woman, who might someday return the warmth I have for her? Esther:
Oh, but there is much warmth in my feeling for you as a man. King Ahasuerus:
Then at least I've gained the outer ramparts, though you guard the inner citadel with more tenacity than the Greeks
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I trampled hard on some who dared to defy the empire
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Yes you have
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And on many innocent people too because
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Of the authority that you give to Haman
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Oh I've tightened the reins on him
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Thanks to your constant mentioning of his wrongdoing
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But I sometimes wonder Esther what are you
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My mentor the keeper of my good behavior
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Or a woman who might someday return
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The warmth I have for her
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Oh but there is much warmth in my feeling for you as a man
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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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King Ahasuerus
Esther
