The news of the coming destruction of her people reaches Esther. While she is deeply distressed, her human nature tells her that there is little she can do. Perhaps, she reasons, harm wont come to me since I am the queen. Esther sees both her duty and her destiny as queen. Its a duty not only to save her people, but also to halt the plans of antichrist himself acting through Haman, a man of formidable power.