Cecilia Alcott



Although it is normal for the Headless Horseman to be the main antagonist of the original and most adaptions of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow", Lady Van Tassel is the main antagonist of the 1999 movie, Sleepy Hollow.She was portrayed by actress Miranda Richardson.HistoryWhat caused her to be so evil was Van Garrett. He was the landlord that showed her family no mercy and left them, the Archer's, to starve, whilst Baltus and his family stole their home. When Lady Van Tassel, or Mary Archer, stumbled upon the Hessian whilst gathering firewood with her sister, she see's him beheaded. At that moment, she offered her soul to Satan, if he would raise the Hessian from the grave to avenge her against them.She did things such as kill Katrina's mom while pretending to be her sick-nurse, kill the servent girl to fake her own death, kill her sister since she helped Ichabod, and, most importantly, used the Headless Horseman to kill anyone that stood in her way. Towards the end, she plans on killing Katrina Van Tassel, her stepdaughter, so she can inherit her money that her dad left her. She chases Ichabod, Young Masbeth, and Katrina through the woods. But Ichabod gives the Headless Horseman back his head and he grabs Lady Van Tassel and takes her to hell with him.