Tangled
How did Rapunzel end up with mother gothel?
In Tangled Mother Gothel is definitely portrayed as a villain, instead of Rapunzel’s parents giving her up she is kidnapped by Gothel. Gothel does this for selfish reasons as she wants to use Rapunzel as a ‘fountain of youth’.
How is Rapunzel’s childhood shown?
Rapunzel’s childhood isn’t really shown in Tangled, however we do get a glimpse of what her life is like through the song When will my life begin. We see that although she feels safe and relatively happy in her tower there is a definite discontent and restlessness, because she knows there is more out there than what she is experiencing.
How does Mother gothel act and speak to Rapunzel?
Mother Gothel needs Rapunzel to love and trust her so that she can remain young, so she treats Rapunzel in a kind, loving, maternal manner. However we see in her ‘jokes’ that she has an extremely condescending view towards Rapunzel which she hides under the guise of loving teasing. In the song Mother knows best we see some of Gothel’s true nature and how she uses manipulation and passive aggressive coercion to force Rapunzel into making decisions and promises she may not initially want to. We also see in the later reprisal of the song that she has a temper and is not afraid to be cruel to her ‘daughter’ to get her way. The technique of irony is used in that one of the main ways Mother gothel gets Rapunzel to stay in the tower is to characterise the outside world with her true self. She states that the world is full of cruel, selfish people who would use Rapunzel for her hair, when in fact that is exactly who she is and what she is doing. She also states that whenever the world finds a ray of sunshine it destroys it, this is a representation of her misuse of the flowers magic, it began as a ray of sunshine but she destroyed the innate goodness in that ray of sunshine by misusing it. This destruction was not complete however; if the film had ended with Gothel winning then she would have destroyed the ray of sunshine…as it was the ray of sunshine ended up destroying her. Some other elements Gothel and Rapunzel’s relationship are that Gothel is always showing or directing love towards Rapunzel’s hair, not her person and Gothel always has to remain in control. Whenever Rapunzel makes a statement Gothel always ends the conversation or redirects it so she can remain in control, the expression of love the two repeat several times in the film. “I love you my flower, I love you more, I love you most.” Is another expression of this, Gothel having to have the last word and control the emotions of both herself and Rapunzel.
Why is Rapunzel locked up?
The Tangled backstory answers this also, Rapunzel is locked up because she is a princess who was kidnapped and is being used for the healing powers her hair has. Gothel cannot afford for Rapunzel to turn against her, or for anyone to find her, so she locks her in the tower.
Does Mother Gothel have any regrets?
In Tangled Gothel is portrayed as a villain and her motivations are not deeply looked into. Her obsession with youth and beauty and constant looking in the mirror insinuate that she has major character flaw of vanity and pride. This vanity controls her completely and proves to be her hamartia.
What are the actions and attitudes of Rapunzel’s parents?
Tangled is one of the few Rapunzel appropriations where the parents of Rapunzel are portrayed as wonderful, completely blameless people. Rapunzel was kidnapped, thus taking out the character traits of selfishness that the original fairy tale parents had. In Tangled her parents never give up on finding their lost daughter, they never replace her, and every year on her birthday they release thousands of lanterns into the sky. In different cultures around the world the releasing of lanterns can symbolise some different things, in some cultures it symbolises letting your hopes and dreams take flight and in others it symbolises letting your worries and fears go. Both of these traditions have relevance, her parents are showing their hopes and dreams of finding her through their lanterns and at the same time trying to ignore and release their fears of what might have become their daughter. Interestingly neither of her parents say a word throughout the entire film, their body language shows all of their emotions. Their immediate acceptance of Rapunzel and Eugene at the end of the film shows that even though 18 years had passed they had not for a moment given up on their miracle daughter.
Which are portrayed as being the better parents?
In Tangled Rapunzel’s parents are definitely portrayed as being the better parents, Mother Gothel is the villain and the qualities that portray her as a bad mother are her condescending speech towards Rapunzel and constant tearing down of her self-esteem, using Rapunzel purely for her hair and never really loving her. In contrast Rapunzel’s parents are portrayed as being loving people who never gave up on their dreams of a life with their daughter. This is a direct contrast to the original text and other appropriations where Rapunzel’s parents maintain their selfish bargaining away of their child at the beginning. This approach can be explained by the nature of the film, it is lighthearted and meant to be a fun family animated film. Having a princess kidnapped from her loving family by a villain is a much more acceptable topic for children to digest than parents giving up their child and her having no particularly loving family at all.
In Tangled Mother Gothel is definitely portrayed as a villain, instead of Rapunzel’s parents giving her up she is kidnapped by Gothel. Gothel does this for selfish reasons as she wants to use Rapunzel as a ‘fountain of youth’.
How is Rapunzel’s childhood shown?
Rapunzel’s childhood isn’t really shown in Tangled, however we do get a glimpse of what her life is like through the song When will my life begin. We see that although she feels safe and relatively happy in her tower there is a definite discontent and restlessness, because she knows there is more out there than what she is experiencing.
How does Mother gothel act and speak to Rapunzel?
Mother Gothel needs Rapunzel to love and trust her so that she can remain young, so she treats Rapunzel in a kind, loving, maternal manner. However we see in her ‘jokes’ that she has an extremely condescending view towards Rapunzel which she hides under the guise of loving teasing. In the song Mother knows best we see some of Gothel’s true nature and how she uses manipulation and passive aggressive coercion to force Rapunzel into making decisions and promises she may not initially want to. We also see in the later reprisal of the song that she has a temper and is not afraid to be cruel to her ‘daughter’ to get her way. The technique of irony is used in that one of the main ways Mother gothel gets Rapunzel to stay in the tower is to characterise the outside world with her true self. She states that the world is full of cruel, selfish people who would use Rapunzel for her hair, when in fact that is exactly who she is and what she is doing. She also states that whenever the world finds a ray of sunshine it destroys it, this is a representation of her misuse of the flowers magic, it began as a ray of sunshine but she destroyed the innate goodness in that ray of sunshine by misusing it. This destruction was not complete however; if the film had ended with Gothel winning then she would have destroyed the ray of sunshine…as it was the ray of sunshine ended up destroying her. Some other elements Gothel and Rapunzel’s relationship are that Gothel is always showing or directing love towards Rapunzel’s hair, not her person and Gothel always has to remain in control. Whenever Rapunzel makes a statement Gothel always ends the conversation or redirects it so she can remain in control, the expression of love the two repeat several times in the film. “I love you my flower, I love you more, I love you most.” Is another expression of this, Gothel having to have the last word and control the emotions of both herself and Rapunzel.
Why is Rapunzel locked up?
The Tangled backstory answers this also, Rapunzel is locked up because she is a princess who was kidnapped and is being used for the healing powers her hair has. Gothel cannot afford for Rapunzel to turn against her, or for anyone to find her, so she locks her in the tower.
Does Mother Gothel have any regrets?
In Tangled Gothel is portrayed as a villain and her motivations are not deeply looked into. Her obsession with youth and beauty and constant looking in the mirror insinuate that she has major character flaw of vanity and pride. This vanity controls her completely and proves to be her hamartia.
What are the actions and attitudes of Rapunzel’s parents?
Tangled is one of the few Rapunzel appropriations where the parents of Rapunzel are portrayed as wonderful, completely blameless people. Rapunzel was kidnapped, thus taking out the character traits of selfishness that the original fairy tale parents had. In Tangled her parents never give up on finding their lost daughter, they never replace her, and every year on her birthday they release thousands of lanterns into the sky. In different cultures around the world the releasing of lanterns can symbolise some different things, in some cultures it symbolises letting your hopes and dreams take flight and in others it symbolises letting your worries and fears go. Both of these traditions have relevance, her parents are showing their hopes and dreams of finding her through their lanterns and at the same time trying to ignore and release their fears of what might have become their daughter. Interestingly neither of her parents say a word throughout the entire film, their body language shows all of their emotions. Their immediate acceptance of Rapunzel and Eugene at the end of the film shows that even though 18 years had passed they had not for a moment given up on their miracle daughter.
Which are portrayed as being the better parents?
In Tangled Rapunzel’s parents are definitely portrayed as being the better parents, Mother Gothel is the villain and the qualities that portray her as a bad mother are her condescending speech towards Rapunzel and constant tearing down of her self-esteem, using Rapunzel purely for her hair and never really loving her. In contrast Rapunzel’s parents are portrayed as being loving people who never gave up on their dreams of a life with their daughter. This is a direct contrast to the original text and other appropriations where Rapunzel’s parents maintain their selfish bargaining away of their child at the beginning. This approach can be explained by the nature of the film, it is lighthearted and meant to be a fun family animated film. Having a princess kidnapped from her loving family by a villain is a much more acceptable topic for children to digest than parents giving up their child and her having no particularly loving family at all.