“Think of it. To be free of me and all my
diabolical opinions and disgraceful practices.
Isn’t that your heart’s desire? To say
‘good riddance’ to your eldest child?”

 

Percy Bysshe Shelley: A Rebel Attitude

20 minutes  ·  2 men

Percy Shelley, later to become one of England’s most famous poets, is nineteen years old in this scene where he and his father argue about politics, religion, money, marriage, and their inability to understand and love each other.