Why is the mansion called "Rose Red"?
The mini-series Rose Red is about a haunted mansion in Seattle, Washington called Rose Red.
John Rimbauer had the mansion built for his new bride, Ellen. It was Ellen Rimbauer who gave Rose Red it's name:
In the story, it was supposedly built by John Rimbauer as a wedding gift to his young and beautiful wife Ellen Rimbauer, who gave it its name.
Ellen Rimbauer is seen returning from her honeymoon and stepping out of her carriage. She looks upon the mansion and calls it Rose Red:
How beautiful you are, Rose Red.
Is it ever explained why Ellen Rimbauer called the mansion Rose Red? What is the meaning behind the name?
Best Answer
According to Stephen King, as stated in a quote on the Stephen King Wikia:
Rose Red is a fairy tale for grown-ups. Not the Disney version of fairy tales, the other kind, where the story doesn't always have a happy ending. The kind in which the old woman in the forest just might put Hansel and Gretel in her pot or the shape under the covers greeting Little Red Riding Hood might gobble her up too. Think the brothers Grimm, who penned the story of Snow White and her sister, Rose Red, I subconsciously used as a name for my house from hell. I used all the metaphors, all of the symbols in this story – the evil spirit, the wicked witch, the doppelganger. All of the essential ingredients of Grimm are the basic material. If you think about it, Alice fell through a hole and ended up in Wonderland. Our characters once they find they’re trapped in Rose Red, they’re kind of in a weird and wicked wonderland where things don't make sense or respect the laws of logic. So our big bad wolf is actually a haunted house, a house with a mind of its own. A house that is bigger on the inside than on the outside. A house you could get lost in, and might never find your way back.
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