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Sleepy Hollow Monologue

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It was a cold gloomy night in the village of Sleepy Hollow, the fog was thick and the wind was roaring. The crow sat perched on the Sleepy Hollow sign as an indication something wicked was lurking in the town. The leaves were beginning to fall and soon so would the heads of some the people in this scared little village. I was riding around the town one foggy night looking for my next head to take. All the sudden my emotions charged at me from the inside out. I am lonely, unhappy and the one woman I want is Katrina Van Tassel but she is taken by Ickabod Crane. He will get the revenge he deserves. I will fight for Katrina and nothing will stop me, especially not Ickabod! The town Sleepy Hollow was torn as I sat in the woods i could hear the things being said about myself. One woman screamed, “I am scared, I am afraid and the Headless Horseman is out to kill us all!” If only she knew the reason in which i'm killing. I had one mission and that was to make Katrina fall in love with me. She is everything I want. No other man will take that from me. …show more content…

Something is different about her. She was so outstanding compared to the other women. Katrina was all mine and until Ickabod came in the picture. Look at what love is making me do. I am killing people for my own happiness and I can't stop myself, I just can't. Ickabod is a animal why would Katrina ever love

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