The land has no more Queen!
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King Xerxes:
[as his subjects become louder requesting the Queen]
Am I to be a mockery before my subjects? Prince Admantha:
[interjecting]
Or Greece as well. King Xerxes:
[intent]
Continue, cousin. Prince Admantha:
Let not this deed of refusal travel abroad to all women, making their husbands contemptible in their eyes. Let it not be said that Xerxes commanded his wife to come before him, but she came not. Vashti is not only guilty of disobedience to the crown, but against the protocols of our fathers. King Xerxes:
Tell me. [turning to Memucan] King Xerxes:
What dictates the protocol? Prince Memucan:
A royal edict must be issued and written into the laws of the land, that Vashti... that Vashti come no more before the King. That her royal position be given to a new Queen. Someone more 'worthy' then her. Hagai:
[at attention]
My lord. What answer do I send the Queen? King Xerxes:
[as his guests become more protesting, standing]
The land has no more Queen!
[as his subjects become louder requesting the Queen]
Am I to be a mockery before my subjects? Prince Admantha:
[interjecting]
Or Greece as well. King Xerxes:
[intent]
Continue, cousin. Prince Admantha:
Let not this deed of refusal travel abroad to all women, making their husbands contemptible in their eyes. Let it not be said that Xerxes commanded his wife to come before him, but she came not. Vashti is not only guilty of disobedience to the crown, but against the protocols of our fathers. King Xerxes:
Tell me. [turning to Memucan] King Xerxes:
What dictates the protocol? Prince Memucan:
A royal edict must be issued and written into the laws of the land, that Vashti... that Vashti come no more before the King. That her royal position be given to a new Queen. Someone more 'worthy' then her. Hagai:
[at attention]
My lord. What answer do I send the Queen? King Xerxes:
[as his guests become more protesting, standing]
The land has no more Queen!
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Am I to be a mockery before my subjects
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Or Greece as well
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Continue Cousin Might not this
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deed of refusal
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travel abroad to all women
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making their husbands contemptible in their eyes
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Will not it be said by all Xerxes commanded his wife to come before him
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but she came not
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Vashti's guilty not only of disobedience to the crown
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but against the protocol of our fathers
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And tell me
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what dictates the protocol
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A royal edict must be issued
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and written into the rolls of the land
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that Vashti
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That Vashti come no more before the King
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but that her royal position be given to a new queen
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more worthy
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Movie Summary
In Biblical times, a girl disguises her Jewish origins when the Persian king comes looking for a new bride among his subjects.
