This week we learned a lot about Haman and about Esther's. Perek 5 starts out by talking about how Esther risked her life and went to go talk to the king. She asks Achashveirosh if he will go to a party for him and Haman. There are a few odd things going on here. Why did Esther risk her life to invite Achashveirosh to a party? And why is Haman also invited? Esther is trying to make Achashveirosh seem suspicious because then he will be more interested in her. 

     At the party, Achasveirosh asks Esther what she wants and she invites him and Haman to another party. This is also very weird becuase Achashveirosh haven't talked for a month and now she is throwing a party for him.

     We also see another example of how the law is foolish. When Haman sees Mordechai not bowing to him and he becomes angry, but he restrains himself. When he gets home he talks about how good he is and tries to boost his confidence. His wife tells him that he should build gallows. Haman is going to tells the king. Those gallows were also where people were hung if they didn't listen to Dat Hamelech. But Esther didn't listen and she wasn't hung. 

     When Haman was on his way to talk to the king about the gallows, it is the middle of the night. Achashveirosh happens to be awake that night and can't fall asleep so they got the king's book. Achashveirosh is read the story of Mordechai and Achashveirosh remembers how he didn't reward him yet. 

     Achashveirosh heard Haman in the courtyard, which is not a good thing because he is already suspicious. But Haman does not suspect that Achashveirosh thinks anything about that. When Haman enters Achashveirosh's room, Achashveirosh asks him what he should do for someone he wants to honor. Haman thinks that Achashveirosh is talking about him, so he says what he wants. He says that they should get to use the king's horse, clothes, crown, servant, and have a parade. 

     We can obviously tell that Haman wants to be the king. Since Achashveirosh was already suspicious this definitely confirm his suspicions. Achashveirosh agrees to Haman's idea. But for someone who loves power so much, why would Achashveirosh be willing to give it away so easily? When Achashveirosh tells Haman to give his clothes, crown, etc to Mordechai, Haman is in shock. And not only will Haman have to give Mordechai honor, he will have to give Mordechai the honor that he wanted! 

     After Haman leads Mordechai around at the parade for him, Haman goes home and is basically mourning because he is so upset. Haman tells his wife and his friends about what happened. Zeresh tells him that Haman has no chance.

     At the party, Achashveirosh asks Esther again what she wants and she finally tells him that if it's alright with him, he should save her life and the life of her people because they were sold to be destroyed, but if they were only sold, she wouldn't bother him. Esther is subtly saying that Achashveirosh just thought that the Jews were going to be sold, not killed. This will make him even more angry with Haman when he figured out that it was Haman who wanted to kill Esther. 

     Achashveirosh goes on a walk after hearing that Haman wants to kill Esther. When he returns he finds Haman on top of Esther. Finally Achashveirosh is given the idea to kill Haman. After Haman is killed, Achashveirosh is not angry anymore because now no one wants to take his power.