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cate_ting said:
IMHO, the Spirit and the Real World could represent a time continuum, where the Spirit world is the past, and the Real world as the present/future.
I also think of the Spirit world as a sort of cursed wishing well, where whatever you wished for could be granted, but if you fall prey to your desires and forgets who you are, you'll be stuck under Yubaba's control, forever. It's like how Chihiro's parents turn into pigs, and Haku not being able to leave because of his desire for power. Hence, we could say there're two conditions for leaving the Spirit World: 1) remembering who you are; 2) overcoming your desires.
Chihiro was probably able to go to the Spirit World because of her wish to go back to the past (to not change school), and the Spirit World answered her wish. In her moment of weakness, she forgets who she is (represented by the event in which Yubaba took her name).
But Haku was there to help Chihiro remember who she is, effectively foiling part of the curse. As we move along the story, Chihiro become stronger despite temptations (No-face offering her gold) and obstacles (Yubaba's attempts to keep her in the Spirit World, staffs at the bathhouse bullying her because she was a human).
So, if Chihiro looked back to the Spirit World, it could mean that she was unable to overcome her desires, which also mean that she couldn't break the curse. Conclusion is, she'd probably get stuck.
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