Shakespeare draws parallels between theatre and magic. Theatre is presented in both texts as a powerful tool in encouraging self-reflection to explore ideas of human morality allowing the audience to gain clarity on the relationship between theatre and reality. Both are metafictive - there is a performance within a performance which self reflectively allows the audience to recognise performance as a construct that has individual motives at its core. Both Shakespeare and Atwood explore the power of theatre/performance/illusion through textually creating these elements within their texts. So, Miranda is a figment of Felix's imagination and not a real ghost. Modern society is much more secular and does not believe in magic or ghosts.
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