The first act of Esther’s story reads like a common tale. She’s an orphaned girl who uses what she’s got, her beautiful body, to make her way in the world. And she makes it. It is kind of a sordid fairy tale. Orphan girl sleeps her way to the top. It’s never that easy, of course, but after Xerxes banishes Vashti for not displaying herself, Esther wins the beauty pageant that sends her to the throne as Queen of Persia. Many advocastes for women's rights (Harriet Beecher Stowe, Elizabeth Cady Stanton), laud Vashti and denigrate Esther. It reminds me of how Joan Harris, from
Esther gains courage, despite her past
Esther gains courage, despite her past
Esther gains courage, despite her past
The first act of Esther’s story reads like a common tale. She’s an orphaned girl who uses what she’s got, her beautiful body, to make her way in the world. And she makes it. It is kind of a sordid fairy tale. Orphan girl sleeps her way to the top. It’s never that easy, of course, but after Xerxes banishes Vashti for not displaying herself, Esther wins the beauty pageant that sends her to the throne as Queen of Persia. Many advocastes for women's rights (Harriet Beecher Stowe, Elizabeth Cady Stanton), laud Vashti and denigrate Esther. It reminds me of how Joan Harris, from