u know at the end of the phantom of the opera (the movie) when "old man raoul" goes to the grave with the phantom's monkey toy thing and there's a rose on the grave stone, what does it all mean?

i have a few theories but i was wondering if anyone on the forum knew exactly what the film makers were tryin to say...

please reply with your own theories aswell!

It was phantome's(the phantom) way of telling Raoul that he was still alive.

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I think it was a way of showing that Erik will always beat Raoul when it comes to Christine.

so u mean like christine's with the phantom at the end of the film and he eventually wins her?

yeah but then he lets her go because she will never love him.

Ahh! it could mean so many things!

I know!

Let's ask Andrew Lloyd Webber!

if only i new his number...

that's Sir Andrew Loyd Webber.

yeah wasn't it just symbol, not only to show Raoul that he still loved her, but just to show her that he always still loved and cared for her, like despite the fact that she was dead, it was her grave and it was out of love and respect to her aswell. if that made sense! hmm would be interestin to call SIR Andrew Lloyd Webber!!! very interesting....

Raoul was surprised to find the rose so it was the Phantom.

leaving the monkey music box was a way of raoul accepting that the phantom was always a part of her life.
The rose left by the phantom was just a sign that the phantom was always around and cared for her still.
That's how I interpreted it anyways

yeah that's how i interpreted it too!!