I have analyzed the novel The Red Queen by Margaret Drabble as well as The Memoirs of Lady Hyegyong by Lady Hyegyong. The analysis is based on the historical character of Prince Sado who is tormented by his title of a Prince and suffocated by his father's demands. I have compared Prince Sado with nature and analyzed the changes that his character goes through under the influence of His Majesty as well the cultural rules of the court. Ghosts are a kind of medium in which the terrifying and amoral future/nature forces its way into the present. Since the past cannot be changed by anyone dead or alive Lady Hyegyong acts in present to save the future. However, the future which is a place in which ideal wishes could be fulfilled, is also a dangerous place: it creates anxiety. In Drabble's novel her wishes are fulfilled. The princess finds justice in the laws that changed through time and finally decides to speak in modern times using her ghost voice. This is what connects ghostly haunting to nature: both are removed from the rules and the restrictions of the present, thus both are simultaneously terrifying and full of a potential for change. According to Drabble there is a space in future which allows changes to happen and unfulfilled wishes to come true and that is why Lady Hyegyong's ghost continues the journey through time to finish what was so abruptly taken away from Prince Sado and herself.