Achashverosh, not learning from his mistakes, gave the seal to Mordechai, someone whom he had just met two minutes earlier. This is giving Mordechai all the power. He gives Esther Haman's home, in order to keep her happy after Haman going against her. Esther than lies down in front of the kings and begs him to forget the decree, which is an innapropriate way to act towards a king. Achashverosh then points his scepter towards her and she immediately stands up and asks the king in a respectful way to give up the decree. She then makes it personal and says that she could not live with the fact that her people are being destroyed.
If Esther already had the plan to make the request more personal, in order for Achashverosh to listen, shouldn't she have never begged him before. This just might make him angry and not want to help her at all. It also accomplished nothing for her. Why did she beg him before asking him in the nicer way?
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