Dragonwyck

Did Nicholas van Ryn’s behavior result from Johanna’s inability to produce a son or did it date back to Azilde? Would you diagnose him with a personality disorder?

Miranda Wells: "... I must be loony." (0:04)

Miranda’s farmer father Ephraim prays: "... deliver us from vanity and false pride..." (0:04)

Ephraim tells Miranda, "... Don’t be too impatient with me..." 
Miranda: ”It’s not that I’m impatient, Pa...” (0:09)

Nicholas van Ryn tells Miranda, referring to his ancestor Azilde, "... Soon after their son was born, she died..." (0:19)

Miranda tells housekeeper Magda, referring to Azilde, "She must have been very proud to be mistress of Dragonwyck." 
Magda, referring to Azilde: ”... She killed herself in this room.” (0:22)

Miranda tells Nicholas’ daughter Katrine, referring to Nicholas, "He’s been very kind and helpful to me." (0:26)

Miranda tells Dr. Jeff Turner, "... Mr. van Ryn was kind enough to invite me to Dragonwyck." 
Turner tells K, ”Don’t worry...” (0:28)

Nicholas: "... my rents and tributes... are... the symbols of a way of life..." (0:33>)

Miranda tells Nicholas, "... Oh, I’ve made such a fool of myself." (0:39)

Nicholas answer his wife Johanna, "... hiding an insane twin brother..." (0:43)

Turner tells Johanna, "... most of my patients..." (0:46)

Miranda tells Katrine, "You’ve been dreaming." (0:49)

Turner asks housekeeper Magda, "Did she take any medicine but what I gave her?" 
Johanna has died. (0:51)

Ephraim tells his wife Abigail, "... You fretted and worried..." (1:00)

Ephraim tells Nicholas, "I consider your behavior exceedingly strange." (1:02)

Abigail tells Miranda, "... Maybe Dragonwyck should have stayed something you... dream about." 
Miranda: ”My dreams came true, Ma...” 
Abigail: ”But you can’t marry a dream, Miranda.” (1:04)

Nicholas asks Miranda, referring to Peggy O’Malley: "Your maid, that untidy little cripple?" 
”Deformed bodies depress me...” 
Miranda: ”You speak as if a crippled leg were a weakness...” 
”I think about... the night she died.” 
Nicholas: ”... Do you believe there is a god who spends eternity snooping on human behavior...?” 
”... like the directions on a medicine bottle.” (1:09)

One man tells another, "I’m gonna... get drunk... the farmers have got a right to celebrate and get drunk." (1:13)

Miranda tells Turner, referring to Dr. Brown,"... He’s a fool..." (1:15)

Dr. Brown tells Turner, referring to Nicholas, "... The man’s a maniac...”
”... Sometimes I think he’s mesmerizing me."
Turner: ”Have you been giving him laudanum?” 
Turner: ”... don’t worry.” (1:16)

Their newborn son dies in Miranda’s arms.
Nicholas tells Peggy, ”Loathsome little cripple...” (1:20)

Nicholas tells Miranda, "... You have courage, Miranda..." 
”... you’re quite intelligent...” 
”... I have become... a drug addict.” 
”Perhaps I have underestimated your intelligence.” 
Miranda, referring to farmers: ”... some of them... get drunk...” 
Nicholas: ”Or the death of my son.” 
Miranda: ”Our son.” (1:23)

Nicholas tells Miranda, "... your strength..." 
Nicholas appears to hallucinate a singing voice. (1:29)

Nicholas tells Turner, "... summoned... by the faithful little cripple..." 
Turner: ”... Peggy seemed worried about you...” 
Nicholas: ”Do I look as if I needed medical aid...?” 
Turner: ”You can hardly expect a diagnosis from me...” 
Nicholas: ”... you have become more careful in your diagnoses...” 
Turner: ”... the plant in your late wife’s bedroom the night she died?” 
”It’s... much more toxic...” 
Nicholas and Nelson inflict traumatic head injuries on one another, leaving Nicholas apparently unconscious.
Nicholas regains consciousness. (1:32)

Nicholas: "... my patience has come to an end... No babbling idiot of a governor will make laws..." (1:36)

Nicholas dies next to Miranda. (1:39)

Miranda tells Nelson, referring to Abigail, "You couldn’t marry a dream, she said. Do you dream much, Jeff?" 
”Some dreams are very real... you’ve had a nightmare...” (1:41)