A: Mother Gothel in Disney's Tangled. In this re-telling of the classic Rapunzel story, Mother Gothel is a narcissistic, emotionally abusive sorceress who abducts the infant Rapunzel from her crib. Mother Gothel raises Rapunzel as her own, isolating her in a hidden tower to control Rapunzel and her magical hair.
She rejects Rapunzel's needs and desires as unimportant in light of her own. One defining trait of narcissistic personality disorder is this lack of empathy. Control and Possession: The narcissistic trait of entitlement is shown in Mother Gothel's desire to control Rapunzel and retain her as her possession.
Authoritarian • Mother Gothel is an authoritarian parent she expects Rapunzel to obey and follow her expectations without questioning. In the end Rapunzel longs for freedom and the outside world and eventually escapes.
Rapunzel had become a permissive parent. She wanted so hard to keep from becoming Gothel, she listened and gave into almost everything Cassandra said and backed away from any sense of control, but that made Cass view her as a pushover.
vain, manipulative, and selfish. Mother Gothel has some motherly, nurturing qualities, but they're always as part of a façade used to maintain control over Rapunzel. She lies about the dangers of the outside world, plays the victim for sympathy, and batters Rapunzel's self-esteem – all in order to keep her power.
However, I think Mother Gothel's violent angry outbursts and her overt manipulation of everyone around her make Narcissistic Personality Disorder-Grandiose subtype much more accurate.
Gothel is a highly skilled and intelligent manipulator, able to make Rapunzel fear the outside world, and then by making her believe that her trust in other people was unfounded. She is very good in talking people into agreeing with her, convincing them of what she wants them to believe and lying efficiently.
The Harvard Guru of Treating Children with Anti-Psychotic Medication, Joseph Biederman, would probably diagnose her as bipolar. The male character who enticed Rapunzel to come down out of the tower, however, is a much better psychiatric diagnostician. He observes that she seems to be at war with herself.
Silky moms are the opposite of crunchy moms. They embrace modern conveniences to help ease mom burnout. This means taking advantage of disposable diapers, fast food, and screen time.
Mother Gothel, rather than accepting Rapunzel's plans, condemns her and promises she will remain locked in the tower. This specific scene points out the toxicity of this type of parenting. Tangled uses Mother Gothel's lack of encouraging skills to relay a message to children about why this is a problem.
Kunze further noted that Albert Tavares, a gay man, oversaw casting on The Little Mermaid. In May 2020, Amber Vucinich, a story revisionist for Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure, revealed that Cassandra "Cass" was gay coded, with "sapphic looks" toward the story's protagonist, Rapunzel.
Gothel is a once-beautiful but now aging narcissist who restores her youth and beauty as long as she is exposed to Rapunzel's healing long hair. Gothel is the archetype of the worst in deceptive, abusive, and even violent narcissism.
Early concept art suggested that Cassandra would have been more of a Robin Hood-esque figure; complete with bow and arrow. Story revisionist Amber Vanich revealed that Cassandra was written to be "gay-coded", and that she was intended to give "sapphic looks" towards Rapunzel in the episode "Rapunzel: Day One".
Cher was the inspiration for Disney's latest villain, one of the film's director's has revealed. Byron Howard looked to one of the biggest icons in the entertainment industry when he was working on new animation Tangled. He says Cher's exotic look cemented his decision to base Mother Gothel on her.
If Gothel, however, loved her back is debatable. Gothel may have once cared enough for Rapunzel enough to go out of her way to keep Rapunzel happy (such as making her favorite dinner and collecting rare paint colors) though this might just have been to keep on being able to use Rapunzel's healing hair to remain young.
Definitely. Mother Gothel made Rapunzel believe for eighteen years that the outside world was cruel and dangerous, that Rapunzel would have horrible things happen to her because of the powers she possesses.
The term crunchy mom is typically used to describe a mother or female caregiver who typically follows a natural lifestyle and incorporates it into their parenting. A crunchy mom attempts to avoid modern medicine, limits reliance on technology, and eats only organic foods.
Authoritarian parents are extremely rigid and use tough rules to control their children. Many parents are distant and demanding, which leaves their children struggling with mental health and self-esteem issues. Authoritarian parenting is linked to negative outcomes, although researchers say it's not considered abuse.
A hummingbird parent watches over their little ones, but they don't meddle too much in their decisions. They try not to make decisions for their children or shield them from failure, but they try to stay physically (or psychologically) close by so they can help if their children need it.
Elsa's condition, which is triggered by fear and anxiety, is representative of not only physical but also mental and cognitive disability, as many viewers have noted. The mishandling of Elsa's condition by her parents resonates especially with those who live with anxiety and depression.
In the movie The Little Mermaid (Clements & Musker, 1989), Ariel displays symptoms of disposophobia, which is defined as the fear of getting rid of things.
A month later in the wilderness, Rapunzel gives birth to her twin children with the prince – a boy and a girl. For some years, the blind prince wanders through the wastelands of the country and eventually comes to the wilderness where Rapunzel has been living with their children.
Instead, Gothel exercises control over Rapunzel by playing on her fears. In her villain song “Mother Knows Best,” she sings “One way or another, something will go wrong I swear”; she belittles her, “You're looking a little chubby”; and then isolates her, “Skip the Drama, Stay with Mama, Mother Knows Best”.
Mother Gothel was charged with false imprisonment under section 15 of the Non-fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997, assault under section 2 of the Non-fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997, and the attempted murder of Flynn Ryder.
