- Complete Monster: In the Esther oratorio: Haman is the antisemitic vizier to King Ahasuerus with false delusions of righteousness, who sends a decree out to kill all the Jews of Persia after Mordecai foiled an assassination attempt and refused to bow to him, having his soldiers murder any Jew they come across, infants included. After Esther appeals to the king to repeal the decree and reveals the attempt on his life, Haman begs for mercy before being taken to hang, where he curses them all and claims that he's the one being persecuted against.
- Covered Up: Other composers' settings of "Zadok the Priest" had been used at previous coronations, but Handel's version was the one that stuck.
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