Tangled: Mother Gothel [ESTJ]Extroverted Thinking (Te): Mother Gothel likes to keep things under her control for her own use; when discovering the flower that keeps her young, she devises a way to conceal it from the outside world.
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.
What personality disorder does Mother Gothel have?
Tangled in the Narcissist's Tower
As you may recall, baby Rapunzel is kidnapped by Gothel from a kind king and queen who never give up hope for their daughter's return. 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.
However, in the Brothers Grimm's original fairy tale, Gothel is very much depicted as a typical witch-like character, an idea that was modified for the Disney film adaptation in favor of having Gothel's agelessness instead be "derive[d] ... from Rapunzel's hair."
She has no problem with her manipulative and selfish nature, but she has major problems with her looks, and if she isn't young and beautiful, then she completely breaks down. It's sad, but it explains a lot of things about Gothel.
Rapunzel was eventually freed from Gothel by her lover Eugene Fitzherbert as Pascal and threw Gothel out of the tower and destroyed Rapunzels powers that kept Gothel alive. It is unknown of the fall from the tower killed her or that she turned to dust because of Rapunzels hair being cut off first.
Though this could be attributed to her wishing for Rapunzel never to leave her, Gothel seems to be a misanthrope and has true hatred for people because they took away the magic flower she wanted all to herself, even though it could help the sickness of others.
Gothel, terrified of growing older, is motivated by fear. As a result, she begins to display symptoms of BPD--to the point where she will literally die without Rapunzel and her magic hair.
Mother Gothel imposes extensive gaslighting on Rapunzel, a term used to describe a form of psychological manipulation that causes someone to question their own reality, oftentimes by presenting a false narrative which leads someone to doubt their perceptions and become misled or disoriented.
How does Mother Gothel have narcissistic personality disorder?
She selfishly uses the young girl as her own personal fountain of youth, while abusing her in the process emotionally and mentally. (Greno, Howard, 2010). At first, I thought she had Narcissistic Personality Disorder-Covert subtype, given that she can fool Rapunzel into thinking she is a loving mom for 18 years.
Rapunzel syndrome is an extremely rare condition associated with trichophagia (hair eating disorder) secondary to a psychiatric illness called trichotillomania (hair-pulling behaviour). It is most commonly seen in children and adolescents. Untreated cases can lead to a number of complications.
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.
What Disney character has borderline personality disorder?
Maleficent. Maleficent, the evil lady from Sleeping Beauty is one of the evilest characters of Dinsey. She suffered from Borderline personality disorder (BPD) which means a person has inappropriate or extreme emotional reactions, is highly impulsive and has a history of unstable relationships.
Mother Gothel's interactions with Rapunzel are characterized by backhanded “compliments,” passive aggressive comments, and cruel jokes at Rapunzel's expense.
Now, it's possible that Gothel feels some fondness for Rapunzel. But based on her actions, she clearly does not love Rapunzel at all. Rapunzel is someone who ultimately must be put up with in order maintain what Gothel really loves more than anything: herself.
Queen Ariana is the Queen of Corona, the birth mother of Princess Rapunzel and a secondary character in the Disney Channel animated series, Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure.
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.
[Batman Forever's Riddler] appears to have borderline personality disorder, an unstable, incomplete identity characterized by chaos in one's thoughts, moods, actions, and self-concept...
Elsa (Idina Menzel) demonstrates traits of paranoid personality disorder. She is definitely guarded and suspicious. She is so scared her powers will hurt someone again that she closes herself off. Also, she does not want to strike others with “fear”; Elsa wants to be accepted, not chased away.
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”.
After Mother Gothel stabbed Flynn Rider (who was actually named Eugene Fitzherbert), Rapunzel made a deal with her mother to save his life. She promised that she would go with Gothel anywhere she wanted and wouldn't try to escape, so long as Rapunzel was allowed to heal his wounds.
She stopped showing any affection to Rapunzel when she expressed her want for freedom because she could no longer manipulate her anymore into thinking everyone wanted her hair. Her love was conditional and she did not love her whatsoever.
