This Disney movie was a childhood favorite of mine growing up! I just now realized how this movie relates back to this class, with its obvious form of doubling.
Tangled is a Disney movie about a stolen princess who has been locked away in a tower since she was captured as a baby by mother Gothel. Gothel, the evil lady, uses Rapunzel’s magical hair to keep her eternal youth and exploits the young girl. Rapunzel is never allowed to leave the tower, however, when she turns 18, she begins to get curious about the outside world. When a runaway thief uses her tower as a refuge, Rapunzel agrees to explore the outside world with him and escape the tower.
The use of doubling isn’t direct at this point in the movie, but it is still obvious to the audience that Rapunzel is the lost princess – she just doesn’t know it. She is indirectly living this double life and discovering herself as she moves closer and closer to the castle where she was stolen as a baby.
Towards the end of the movie, Rapunzel wears her crown that Eugene, the thief, stole in the beginning of the movie. She comes to a realization that she is the lost princess and that mother Gothel isn’t her actual mother.
Together, Rapaunzel and Eugene escape the tower after killing Gothel, and return back to the castle to be reunited with her parents. Eugene is forgiven for stealing because he returned the lost princess back to her kingdom.
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