CineVibe ✨ on Instagram: "I feel bad for Rapunzel 🎬 In Disney’s Tangled (2010), Rapunzel’s relationship with her “mother,” Mother Gothel, is built on manipulation rather than love. Gothel kidnaps Rapunzel as a baby to exploit her magical hair and raises her in isolation inside a tower. She presents herself as protective and caring, but her affection is conditional and self-serving. Gothel uses fear, guilt, and praise to control Rapunzel, constantly emphasizing the dangers of the outside world a