The Book of Esther

The narrative of Esther and Mordecai's triumph over the pernicious Haman in the Book of Esther leaves little room for ambiguity. From the start it is clear that good will prevail: reading the Book of Esther is thus akin to watching one of the Batman movies for while there is a lot to cheer for, there is little to doubt. Through the book's presentation of a series of ironic dichotomies we see divisions between male …

…there are many more examples of the use of irony in the Book of Esther I beileve that the ones that I chose to illustrate offer the broadest view of the different kinds of irony used in the Book of Esther. Indeed the obvious conclusion is that the author of the Book of Esther knew what he was doing by displaying the eventual success of good over evil through the use of irony. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**