The Phantom of the Opera

During the play, Don Juan, Christine unmasks the Phantom, revealing his horribly derranged face. In a fit of anger, the Phantom cuts the only rope supporting a huge chandelier, causing it to fall into the audience and set fire. The Phantom then drags Christine off to his lair, much to the horror of her lover, Raoul who, led by Madame Giry attempts to follow them.

On his way, Raoul falls into a flooding chamber, one of the many traps the Phantom has planted. He quickly escapes and then continues on his quest to find Chrisitine. Once he reaches Christine and the Phantom, locked in a struggle of wills, the Phantom realizes his presence, and opens the gate to his lair. When Raoul enters, Raoul turns when the gate closes, and the Phantom throws the punjab lasso around Raoul's neck, ties him up, and offers Christine a choice. She can either live with the Phantom, thereby allowing Raoul to live, or else choose a life of liberty, away from the Phantom, while leaving Raoul to death.

She tells the Phantom that he is not alone,and she and the Phantom then share a passionate kiss. The Phantom is overcome with emotion, because he has never before been touched by any motion of love, and he realizes that he wants Christine to be happy. He tells Christine to take Raoul and go, therefore condemning himself to a lifetime of misery and loneliness. Christine unties Raoul and we see the Phantom sitting in front of the monkey music box, crying and singing. Christine enters and the Phantom sings "Christine, I love you..." Christine then returns the ring which the Phantom had recently given to her.

Christine and Raoul leave, and the Phantom is left alone and unloved. He watches them leave in his gondola, and Christine looks back over Raoul's shoulder. The Phantom, overcome by sorrow and emotion, picks up a candle holder and smashes the numerous mirrors. Behind one is a passage, leading to who knows where. Upon hearing the mob coming for him, he flees in dispair, never to return. Meg Giry enters and finds the Phantom's half-mask lying next to the music box.

We then switch back to the old Raoul, we see him take the monkey music box to Christine's grave, where he places it carefully. Lying on the grave is a red rose with a black satin ribbon tied around it,like the roses the Phantom gave to Christine throughout the movie, and on the ribbon is the ring which Christine gave back to the Phantom, apparently meaning that the Phantom lived all those years.

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Continuity mistake: At the end when Meg steps out of the water, her pants are wet. However, when she enters the bedroom and finds the Phantom's mask, her pants are perfectly dry. (02:10:35)

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Christine Daae: Angel of Music, you've deceived me. I gave you my mind blindly.

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Trivia: Christine's attire during her performance of 'Think of Me' for Hannibal is copied from the most famous painting of Emperess Elisabeth of Austria, also known as Sissi.

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Question: Who is the old man in the wheelchair who puts the music box with the monkey on Christine's grave at the end?I thought it might be Raoul but the box belonged to the phantom and he hated the phantom.

Answer: It is Raoul. He gets the music box because Christine obviously loved it, shown by the fact that she had obviously described and remembered it in such great detail many years after last seeing it. He buys it for her as a gift of love, even though she has died.

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Answer: It's also a symbol that Raoul recognized Christine still loved the phantom. Possibly more than him. The love triangle is complete as neither man truly had her. Raoul spent his life with her but she loved the phantom. The phantom missed out on spending life with her but got her love.

Answer: It's Raoul. When the auctioneer sells him the music box, he addresses him by his title, The Vicomte de Chagny.

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