Her sagging skin is covered in multiple wrinkles and marks, noticeably on her hands, arms, and face, and she bears many signs of old age. Without the healing and age-reversing power of the Golden Flower, Mother Gothel is a very elderly woman. Gothel as an old lady (left side) and Gothel as a young woman (right side). If it finds even the tiniest bit of sunlight, it destroys it". She even advises Rapunzel to hate people, saying "the world is dark, and selfish, and cruel. 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. Not only that, she was also driven to a murderous state, evidenced by her immediate decision to kill Flynn Rider, upon deducing he somehow led to Rapunzel's eventual leave from the tower. Gothel's burning desire to retain her youth for all eternity has notably driven the woman to complete madness, to the point where she was more than willing to force Rapunzel into slavery for the rest of her years, as opposed to taking the role of Rapunzel's mother, which would have avoided conflict for the most part. The illustrations even state she implanted scary and corrupted views of Christmas in the girl. However, this is all for a deeply selfish reason and comes at the expense of Rapunzel's happiness and dreams of experiencing life outside the confines of her tower. Gothel is also known to victimize herself, blaming Rapunzel for any sort of conflict or unfortunate event that befalls their lives and relationship, be it an argument or even someone's death.ĭespite all of this, Gothel has several methods of furthering Rapunzel's dependence and loyalty to her these include making her favorite meals, gifting her with paint and other luxuries to keep her occupied within the tower, and most notably, posing as Rapunzel's only protector in a vicious and unforgiving world. However, she is still extremely abusive despite her caring façade she constantly insults Rapunzel, purposely lowers her self-esteem, avoids familial contact with the princess, and riles up her anxiety with warnings of exaggerated dangers she could run into if she'd ever leave, all for her own selfish gain. To do so, she cleverly poses as a kind, yet overprotective mother figure, that simply hopes to keep her daughter away from the outside world which, according to her, is filled with people who would abuse Rapunzel's power (which makes her somewhat hypocritical since she is one of those people who is doing just that). Throughout the story, Gothel's goal is to keep Rapunzel in a hidden tower forever in order to take advantage of the healing powers within the lost princess's hair. Gothel often left her alone in their cottage to restore her youth with the flower and gave her gifts only to keep her away from her, rather than by motherly affection, much like she later does with Rapunzel, and finally abandoning Cassandra to escape with the baby princess, not caring about leaving her in the hands of the palace guards.
Gothel was also negligent to her biological daughter Cassandra, presumably having to be an unintended result of an affair with an unknown man. Gothel was a lazy mother, as evidenced by her treating her four-year-old daughter, Cassandra, as a maid by forcing her to do all household chores in their cottage by herself while Gothel spent all her time looking at herself at her magic mirrors and talking about the compliments she got by men, which also demonstrates her vanity. Also, she never keeps her word when striking bargains, as proven with her when she made a deal with the Stabbington brothers to give them the chance of getting revenge on Flynn Rider and Rapunzel's gift to make themselves rich, only to betray them without keeping the latter half of her promise as she no longer needed them. She is also very possessive and selfish, evidenced by the fact that she had been hoarding the magical flower for hundreds of years all to herself, which could have instead been a gift to share with other ailing beings of the world. Aside from the magic golden flower Gothel selfishly uses to prolong her life, and her life alone, she lacks magical attributes, relying solely on her intellect to achieve her ambitions. This ties into the fact that she is a phenomenal actress, a dangerous manipulator, and is very intelligent, while it also indicates that in her actual lifetime before discovering the flower, she was indeed an actual stage actress and performer before she retired due to her aging. Gothel presents herself with a theatrical flair, often flaunting her beauty and curvy appearance with much enthusiasm and dramatics. 4.3 Mother Knows Best: A Tale of the Old Witch.4.2 The Isle of the Lost: A Descendants Novel.
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