Seemingly random events (even the promotion of a powerful and prideful adversary) bring all the necessary players (in God's redemptive plan) in to human view.
- Haman's promotion and plot (chapter 3)
- Mordecai's counter plan (chapter 4)
- Esther's uninvited audience with the King (5:1-8)
- Haman's plan and preparation to hang Mordecai (5-9-14)