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I shall ascend my funeral pyre
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Mary Shelley

I shall ascend my funeral pyre... ...triumphantly... ...and exult in the agonyof the...

I shall ascend my funeral pyre... ...triumphantly... ...and exult in the agony
of the torturing flames. My spirit will sleep in peace... ...or if it thinks... ...it will not surely think thus. Farewell."

Full Transcript

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I shall ascend my funeral pyre...
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...triumphantly...
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...and exult in the agony of the torturing flames.
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My spirit will sleep in peace...
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...or if it thinks...
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...it will not surely think thus.
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Farewell."
Duration
25 seconds
Views
35
Timestamp in Movie
01:34:35
Uploaded
Jul 01, 2025
Genres
biography, drama, history
Production
HanWay Films,Gidden Media,Parallel Films,BFI,Ralfish Films,Bac Cinema,Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland,Film Fund Luxembourg,Head Gear Films,Metrol Technology

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Movie Summary

Life and facts of Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, who at 16 met 21 year old poet Percy Shelley, resulting in the writing of Frankenstein.
It exceeds even what I believed you capable of. - Mary Shelley 00:04
It exceeds even what I believed you capable of.
The doctor, he gets all these body parts... - Mary Shelley 00:04
The doctor, he gets all these body parts...
...and he sews them together in order to make the most perfect creature... - Mary Shelley 00:05
...and he sews them together in order to make the most perfe...
...but when he brings it to life, essentially what he has created is a kind of monster. - Mary Shelley 00:04
...but when he brings it to life, essentially what he has cr...
Well, couldn't it be something more... something more hopeful? - Mary Shelley 00:05
Well, couldn't it be something more... something more h...
Imagine if he could create the perfect being. - Mary Shelley 00:04
Imagine if he could create the perfect being.
Yes, and in doing so, he could show what man can be. - Mary Shelley 00:04
Yes, and in doing so, he could show what man can be.
He creates a version of ourselves that shines with goodness... - Mary Shelley 00:04
He creates a version of ourselves that shines with goodness....
...and thus, thus delivers a message for mankind. - Mary Shelley 00:04
...and thus, thus delivers a message for mankind.
Well, I mean a message of hope and of perfection. - Mary Shelley 00:04
Well, I mean a message of hope and of perfection.
What would you... what would we know of hope and perfection? - Mary Shelley 00:06
What would you... what would we know of hope and perfection?
- I'll take it to my publisher and convince... - No. I will go alone. - Mary Shelley 00:05
- I'll take it to my publisher and convince... - No. I ...
[DOOR CLOSES] - Mary Shelley 00:12
[DOOR CLOSES]
If I'm old enough to bear children, I'm old enough to put pen to paper. - Mary Shelley 00:05
If I'm old enough to bear children, I'm old enough...
Curious subject matter for a young lady, wouldn't you say? - Mary Shelley 00:05
Curious subject matter for a young lady, wouldn't you s...
And when that young lady just happens to be the wife, uh... - Mary Shelley 00:05
And when that young lady just happens to be the wife, uh...
Are you suggesting the work belongs to Mr. Shelley? - Mary Shelley 00:04
Are you suggesting the work belongs to Mr. Shelley?
...perhaps there are some other writings of yours that I could compare it to? - Mary Shelley 00:05
...perhaps there are some other writings of yours that I cou...
Did you ask this of Mr. Shelley when he first presented his work to you? - Mary Shelley 00:05
Did you ask this of Mr. Shelley when he first presented his ...
Or do you save this insult for young women? - Mary Shelley 00:04
Or do you save this insult for young women?