Mother Gothel is a character of a wicket, sexy witch, very controlling and protective mother of Rapunzel of the movie Tangled. She needs Rapunzel for her magical hair for the fascination of being young. Though there is difference, her character in the film reminds us the German fairytale of Rapunzel.
Rapunzel’s mother, the queen ate the magical healing flower that Gothel knew about. That flower kept her young for years after years. On finding that magical power, Mother Gothel kidnapped the baby princess from the place. Rapunzel knows her as mother. Mother Gothel, voiced by Donna Murphy is a very interesting character with tricking, incredibly manipulative nature. She constantly undercuts self-confidence of Rapunzel, tells imaginary stories about the world and sings motivating songs “Mother Knows Best” and “Mother Knows Best (Reprise)” to keep her in the secret tower. She really cares for the girl just for her magic hair. Everything was going smooth for Gothel but a mishap happened at Rapunzel’s eighteenth birthday and she came to know who she is. Mother Gothel got more and more desperate and finally insane for her magic hair.
Gothel is described in the story in a variety of ways, a witch, good, bad, magic, no magic and many more! Gothel means “godmother” in the Southwestern dialects of German. Disney has added the stealing part of the princess Rapunzel from the garden, may be Rapunzel had to be a Princess!