- Mordecai - Apart from being caregiver of Queen Esther, he became the second Jew ranked after King Xerxes. He saved the king's life and was rewarded much later. He was given the authority to stop Haman's plot and saved the Jews in all provinces of King Xerxes.
- Haman - Son of Hammedatha, the Agagite. Honored a set higher than all other nobles of King Xerxes. Bible did not state why. He had a plot to destroy all Jewish people in the provinces of King Xerxes because he was dissatisfied with Mordecai. Mordecai simply did not pay any respect to him after his promotion.
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God is not mentioned in this book.
- Purim - is a festival that commemorates the deliverance of the Jews living throughout the ancient persian Empire from a plot by Haman the Agagite to annihilate them. This festival got its name from a purim stone, which was used to choose date and time. Haman, with the evil plot, chose a date to establish his plans by using that stone. Hence, Purim it is, a remembrance.
With happenings about the plan of Jews' destruction, their rising up and how they avenged on their enemies, the book of Esther is pretty much like a story book. With nothing much written about how God helped the Jews, this is has little historical validity too. However, the writer, unknown, did mentioned that all these happenings were recorded officially. Hence, convincing the readers that what's written are true.
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