Rapunzel's Misfortune In Tangled: From Innocence To Happiness

Misfortune in Tangled: From Innocence to Happiness Rapunzel has been trapped in her tower for her whole life. She is 18 and she has never left her tower because of her evil mother. Can you imagine not being able to leave your house for your whole life? Rapunzel wants to be adventurous. Although, she is not adventurous if she can't leave her tower, she will keep being the same person she's always been in the same place she's always been in. Her mother comes off as very protective but not because she wants to shelter Rapunzel. She is greedy and just wants Rapunzel’s hair to stay young because of it’s magic powers by healing anybody’s wounds or keeping the old young. If Mother Gothel was never greedy, Rapunzel would have never changed

She had the time of her life because her mother told her to never leave the tower but she did and she loved the outdoors so much. When Rapunzel first got to a tree, she swung around it with her hair and she was so excited because she has never felt anything like it before. While she is having the time of her life, she also knows that going against her mother's words is wrong but she does it anyway with some serious doubts. Eugene tries his hardest to cheer her up. He explains, “Let me ease your conscience. It is a part of growing up. A little rebellion or adventure it's necessary. Healthy even. You're way over thinking this. Would this break her heart?...Of course. Crush her soul?...Like a grape. But you just got to do it!” (Levi). When Rapunzel goes and loses her innocence by going against her mother's words she listens to her new friend when he says rebellion is healthy for the soul. She feels lost and sad about the decision she made but Eugine cheers her up and she feels happy. Rapunzel starts to realize that you do need to do some different things and sometimes that makes you happy even when it causes you to

Mother Gothel kidnapped her when Rapunzel was a baby because Mother Gothel knew that she could make Rapunzel weak and do whatever she says. But when Rapunzel changes and becomes brave, something in her attitude changes. When she declines, she goes against her “mother’s” words when Rapunzel saves Eugene and then escapes her tower because Rapunzel knows that Mother Gothel is an evil lady and she doesn't deserve her because she really isn't Rapunzel’s true mother. Rapunzel may have never met anyone other than Mother Gothel, but she always knows how to treat people right. She knows you have to put others before yourself. Instead of having Eugene die from being stabbed to death, she says she will stay with Mother Gothel forever but she really doesn't. She says, “I won't. I will never stop fighting you until the day I die. But, if you let me heal him, then I will go with you for ever and ever. Just let me heal him!” (Moore). Rapunzel promises to go with her as would a sweet innocent girl would. When she becomes less innocent, it causes her to make decisions that she normally wouldn't make if she did not change. After she stands up for Eugene, she is very brave which she wasn't before. Now she's happy because of the outcome for standing up for herself. Her mother was shocked and so was the audience because no one knew