Uncle Mordecai! Where's Simon? Where is he? Take me to him. Please, please take me to...
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Esther: [sees Mordecai in the palace] Uncle Mordecai! Where's Simon? Where is he? Take me to him. Please, please take me to him.
Mordecai: I can't Esther. He fought the King's general and now they hunt him like an animal. At the village they looted and scourged. They did likewise to every Judean settlement in their path. They hung Emmanuel, the blacksmith. They drove the women and children into the wilderness. Our people are now scattered to the winds.
Esther: Oh, forgive me. I was only thinking of myself, but I'm nothing.
Mordecai: Ah, but you are something, Esther. You are something indeed that Jehovah may have selected as a means for saving our people. It is a wondrous thing how gentleness can break the swords of evil, so let it be your gentleness, Esther. Your beauty of face and soul, let it sway Ahasuerus to stamp out the wickedness that springs from this palace.
Esther: You're asking me to strive for his favor?
Mordecai: Yes. Forgetting Simon, forgetting your own small dreams, forgetting all this but the deliverance of our people.
Esther: I want the life they took away from me! I want Simon!
Mordecai: Simon is a soldier. He turns aside from love when there is war. This is your war, Esther. A softer war fought with gentler weapons but nonetheless hazardous, for there are dangers in the venture. You, too, would be a soldier. Perhaps, Simon would see that for the soldier's pride.
Esther: He would despise me!
Mordecai: Then his love would not be worthy, if he places it above the fate of so many of us
Mordecai: I can't Esther. He fought the King's general and now they hunt him like an animal. At the village they looted and scourged. They did likewise to every Judean settlement in their path. They hung Emmanuel, the blacksmith. They drove the women and children into the wilderness. Our people are now scattered to the winds.
Esther: Oh, forgive me. I was only thinking of myself, but I'm nothing.
Mordecai: Ah, but you are something, Esther. You are something indeed that Jehovah may have selected as a means for saving our people. It is a wondrous thing how gentleness can break the swords of evil, so let it be your gentleness, Esther. Your beauty of face and soul, let it sway Ahasuerus to stamp out the wickedness that springs from this palace.
Esther: You're asking me to strive for his favor?
Mordecai: Yes. Forgetting Simon, forgetting your own small dreams, forgetting all this but the deliverance of our people.
Esther: I want the life they took away from me! I want Simon!
Mordecai: Simon is a soldier. He turns aside from love when there is war. This is your war, Esther. A softer war fought with gentler weapons but nonetheless hazardous, for there are dangers in the venture. You, too, would be a soldier. Perhaps, Simon would see that for the soldier's pride.
Esther: He would despise me!
Mordecai: Then his love would not be worthy, if he places it above the fate of so many of us
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Uncle Mordecai
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Where's Simon
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Where is he
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Take me to him
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Please please take me to him
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I can't Esther
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He fought the king's general and now they hunt him like an animal
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At the village they looted and scourged
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They did likewise to every Judean settlement in their path
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They hung Emmanuel the blacksmith
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They drove the women and children into the wilderness
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Our people are now scattered to the winds
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Oh forgive me
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I was only thinking of myself but I'm nothing
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Ah but you are something Esther
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You are something indeed that
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Jehovah may have selected us as a means for saving our people
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It is a wondrous thing how gentleness can break the swords of evil
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So let it be your gentleness Esther
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Your beauty of face and soul
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let it sway Ahasuerus to stamp out the wickedness that Springs from this palace
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You're asking me to strive for his favor
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Yes forgetting Simon forgetting your own small dreams
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forgetting all this but the deliverance of our people
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I want the life they took away from me
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I want Simon
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Simon is a soldier
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He turned aside from love when there is war
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This is your war Esther
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A softer war fought with gentler weapons
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but nonetheless hazardous for there are dangers in the venture
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You too would be a soldier
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Perhaps Simon would see that with a soldier's pride
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He would despise me
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Then his love would not be worthy
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if he places it above the fate of so many others
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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
