Do books or movies make readers feel sorry for Esau losing his blessing?

Research question: Have any novels, films, or plays given Esau his own point of view on losing the blessing, and how do they shape readers' sympathy?

The verified facts include no novel, film, or play that gives Esau his own point of view on losing the blessing. The one retelling that does is a 1909 collection, The Legends of the Jews, where Esau protests that Jacob took both his birthright and blessing and asks why he should stay silent this time ², and his grief is rendered as an exceeding great and bitter cry ³. Thomas Mann's 1933 novel Joseph und seine Brüder tells the episode through Jaakob, who is shown taking advantage of his older twin brother, so the story is filtered away from Esau's perspective ⁴. The facts do not report how actual readers respond, so any claim about sympathy is inference, though the text presents Esau's grief directly ¹ while Mann's framing casts Jacob as the one who took advantage ⁴. The newest dated fact is from 1933, about 93 years before October 2026, and the Genesis facts carry no date ⁵.

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