This represents Christine leaving The Phantom to pursue a life with Raoul. Christine sees protection in Raoul that she doesn’t see in The Phantom so I doubt that she meant to drop the rose, it just represents her moving on and when the Phantom saw this from behind the statue, it broke his heart. This is the turning point of the story (the climax), this changes the mood completely because now we know who Christine really wants to be with and who she is meant for. This shows one of the ways that Christine betrayed her angel of