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As Esther approaches the king's bedroom she knows that she is going voluntarily which will disallow her to her husband forever. Without the divine spirit to guide her (due to the idols in his forechamber) she makes a decision for the sake of her people.
This heroic act as mirrored in the midrash allows us to explore latter day heroines in the form of Agunot as we try to make sense of her sacrifice.