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Dramatic Monologue Essay

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Laughter bubbled out of her as she pushed him away, just in time for two pints of mead to be slammed onto the table by a tall, lanky woman with unkempt black braids pinned haphazardly to the top of her head. “You must be the stowaway.” She greeted Evangeline sliding a pint toward her, half of it spilled on the table. She slid Trevor’s to him as he tried to conceal his laughter.
“Aye Evangeline, this is Madame Laurent. She and her husband are the owners of tis fine establishment and the ones who are gonna smuggle ya outta here.” Madame Laurent scoffed, “Now child, you know fine is for those Salem, white folks and china and that most certainly isn’t around here.” Her mysterious accent crept to the surface, tickling Evangeline’s ears in a way she never heard of …show more content…

That’s why I followed you. I ain’t a pervert.” He said hardly taking a breath, “It was when I was following her home that she spotted me and was ready to call the guards. So, I had to explain myself, which she didn’t believe me. So, I had to do what my father told me never to do. I told her how I was her brother and how she was given away when she was a baby. She still didn’t believe me so I had to prove it to her.” He was quiet then and looked down at a small tattooed cross on his wrist, hardly noticeable in the dim candlelight, slowly fading with age. It was the very same tattoo Lila had on her wrist.
When Evangeline was a child, her father told her about a special mark the Puritans gave to the pagan’s who did not believe in the Puritan faith. According to rumor, the executioner and his first family came to Salem from Ireland. It was said that they believed in false gods and practiced pagan worship. One night a couple of men from the church marched out to the Executioner’s farm and tattooed a small cross on each member of the family. Many said the screams could be heard across town. Since that night, most converted and others fled to different parts of New

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