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Well, couldn't it be something more... something more hopeful?
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Mary Shelley

Well, couldn't it be something more...something more hopeful?

Well, couldn't it be something more...
something more hopeful?

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Well, couldn't it be something more... something more hopeful?
Duration
5 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
01:36:44
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.
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?
And you dare to question a woman's ability... - Mary Shelley 00:04
And you dare to question a woman's ability...
...to experience loss, death... - Mary Shelley 00:04
...to experience loss, death...
Which you would have realized if you'd employed the time judging the work... - Mary Shelley 00:05
Which you would have realized if you'd employed the tim...
Did you finish it - Mary Shelley 00:34
Did you finish it
[DOOR CLOSES] - Mary Shelley 00:07
[DOOR CLOSES]