it’s not even just “to love is to look back.” she’s asking him to look back and he does. hamnet looks back at the audience and puts on his brave little face one more time before he goes. agnes is denied the ability to look at her mother one more time and allows it for judith. grandmother refuses to look at susanna as she’s talking about her own grief. to love is to look back. but to love is to want them to look back. to be okay with being in the underworld forever just for one more look.


















