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Mary Shelley

Perhaps you should practice upon me

[QUIET, OMINOUS MUSIC] Perhaps you should practice upon me

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[QUIET, OMINOUS MUSIC]
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Perhaps you should practice upon me.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
41
Timestamp in Movie
00:54:21
Uploaded
Jun 30, 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.
CLAIRE: I cannot believe you fired the servant for that, Shelley. - Mary Shelley 00:04
CLAIRE: I cannot believe you fired the servant for that, She...
- Who do you think you are? - [LAUGHTER] - Mary Shelley 00:13
- Who do you think you are? - [LAUGHTER]
Claire, could you please leave us? - Mary Shelley 00:04
Claire, could you please leave us?
Of course not. I would never... - Mary Shelley 00:04
Of course not. I would never...
I have no quarrel with you and Thomas becoming lovers. - Mary Shelley 00:04
I have no quarrel with you and Thomas becoming lovers.
After all, why should we not have such an arrangement? I do not own you. - Mary Shelley 00:04
After all, why should we not have such an arrangement? I do ...
What disappoints me is that you wouldn't even consider it. - Mary Shelley 00:04
What disappoints me is that you wouldn't even consider ...
...when you will not even make an attempt to live them. - Mary Shelley 00:04
...when you will not even make an attempt to live them.
I believe, with all my heart... - Mary Shelley 00:04
I believe, with all my heart...
And I will fight for anyone's right to live accordingly. - Mary Shelley 00:05
And I will fight for anyone's right to live accordingly...
But my truth is that there is no one else for me. - Mary Shelley 00:05
But my truth is that there is no one else for me.
I merely suggest that you do not offer me the same freedoms I offer you. - Mary Shelley 00:06
I merely suggest that you do not offer me the same freedoms ...
...are nothing close to the man that I thought you were. - Mary Shelley 00:05
...are nothing close to the man that I thought you were.
MARY: Wanting for my 'happily ever after'... - Mary Shelley 00:19
MARY: Wanting for my 'happily ever after'...
And I thought this was something we both believed in. - Mary Shelley 00:06
And I thought this was something we both believed in.
But had I truly considered it, and I let myself fully understand what I was doing... - Mary Shelley 00:05
But had I truly considered it, and I let myself fully unders...
[DOOR KNOCKS] - Mary Shelley 00:06
[DOOR KNOCKS]
[CHATTER] - Mary Shelley 00:07
[CHATTER]
Starring Claire Clairmont, yours truly. - Mary Shelley 00:04
Starring Claire Clairmont, yours truly.
My Lord... may I introduce to you the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley... - Mary Shelley 00:06
My Lord... may I introduce to you the poet Percy Bysshe Shel...