Raoul is Christine's childhood sweet heart. He had not seen her years. He wanted to catch up for old time sake.
Christine meet Raoul first, he was her childhood friend in Sweden.
Raoul - Christine married him and he bought the monkey
Christine loves both the Phantom and Raoul, but eventually chooses Raoul after the Phantom's display of selfishness and inhumanity.
Raoul, her "childhood sweet heart"
Christine and Raoul have a complicated relationship. Yes, she does love him. She just often does not show it because the Phantom forbids it. Raoul loves her and shows it, but that sometimes makes Christine act more like she doesnt love him because of the Phantom seeing and hearing. But ultimately, Christine does love Raoul.
Raoul was Christine's childhood friend. She had not seen him since she was in grade school and she wanted to catch up old times.
Christine Daa'e is supposed to be 20 years old at the time the story begins Raoul is also supposed to be 20 or 21 However Christine's age is not directly quoted, but you can work out her age from the stories of her childhood Acctually Christine Daae is more around her teen years being about 16-18. Christine is named younger than Raoul in the book.
Christine Daae's sacrifice was her love. In the movie, the Phantom ties Raoul to the gate and put's the lasso around his neck, and forces Christine to choose between him and Raoul. If Christine chose the Phantom, they would be married and Raoul would remain alive. If Christine chose Raoul, the Phantom would kill Raoul. Christine chose Erik and kissed him, Erik feeling such emotion rise let's Daae go free, including Raoul. They leave Erik and he smashes all the mirrors. He leaves through a tunnel behind one of them. In the book, Christine must turn the Scorpion Casket to be married and let everyone live. If she didn't turn it in two minutes, he'd turn the Grasshopper Casket and the whole Opera with everyone inside would explode, including most of Paris. Raoul talks to her through the wall, he tells her not to turn the casket. But before Erik could turn the Grasshopper, she turns the Scorpion Casket to save Raoul. The casket released water that flooded the tunnel with the barrels of gunpowder in it, smothering it so it wouldn't explode. Raoul and the Persian man nearly drown. The Persian man tells to Erik, reminding him that he saved him years ago from execution. Erik retrieves the men, and when he wakes up, Raoul is asleep on the couch and Christine is sent to fetch a hot drink. The next part was confusing... Erik took Raoul and chained him a dungeon (From what I gather.) and Christine kisses Erik. Erik comes to the Persian man and doesn't make sense, he keeps saying Christine kissed him. (I'm going to assume when she did, he freed Christine and Raoul. And they left.) Erik is announced dead a few weeks later, his love for her killed him.
Both the Phantom, and Raoul.
The song that Christine and Raoul sing before "Don Juan Triumphant" is called "All I Ask of You." In this duet, Raoul reassures Christine of his love and protection, creating a moment of intimacy and vulnerability between them before the dramatic events of the opera unfold.
Emmy Rossum as Christine, Gerard Butler as the Phantom, Patrick Wilson as Raoul.
The musical movie Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera. This is their ages. Christine 16, Raoul 32, The Phantom 35. The stage play Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera. This is their ages, Christine 24- 25, Raoul 28-30, The Phantom 35-50 The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux, the Phantom is in his late 50's or older. Christine is 20, Raoul 22.