Rapunzel Analysis

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The movie Tangled, by Walt Disney Pictures, follows the story of the classic character Rapunzel. In the movie, Rapunzel is kidnapped as a child by Mother Gothel, who locks her away in a tower so that no one will ever find her. She does this because Rapunzel 's hair has magical properties after her birth mother ate a magical flower while pregnant with Rapunzel. Eventually, Rapunzel makes the decision to leave the tower because she wants to see the floating lights that appear every year on her birthday. She is assisted in her travels by a man named Flynn Ryder. When Mother Gothel discovers that Rapunzel has left the tower, she employs various methods to try and force her to return. Eventually, Rapunzel discovers everything that Mother Gothel …show more content…

Not only is she the main character in the movie, but she also faces the most trials and tribulations of any other character. When the movie begins, Rapunzel is kidnapped and taken away from her birth parents by a woman who only wants her because her hair has magical properties. She was then locked away in a tower away from everything and everyone except for her pet chameleon and her captor. Rapunzel does not know she is being held captive at first. Mother Gothel, the woman who kidnapped her, has convinced Rapunzel that the world is a cruel place and that if she left the tower, people would hurt her to get to her magical …show more content…

Repression is “the exclusion of distressing memories, thoughts, or feelings from the conscious mind.” (Britannica, 2016). Rapunzel represses the memories that she had as an infant because they conflict with the “truth” that she knows as life. There are two types of anxiety; state anxiety and trait anxiety. Trait anxiety is a persistent trait. It is always present and causes the person who has it to always have a sense that something horrible is about to happen. State anxiety is temporary. It is caused by different, specific situations. Rapunzel suffered from state anxiety. People with high levels of anxiety are” predisposed to somatization. Anxiety can cause tension headaches, hypertension, and ulcers.” (MacArthur SES & Health Network, 2008) Leaving the tower against her mother’s orders caused her great anxiety. Typically, she was not the type of person to worry about everything. This anxiety was temporary, not permanent or persistent. While leaving the tower was the cause of the anxiety, situations arose that caused the anxiety to persist. For example, when they were being chased by both thieves and officers of the law. This situation caused her anxiety to

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