Supernatural entities

One theme that I wold like to look closely at is the use of supernatural beings in both Jane Eyre and the Ancient Mariner. In Jane Eyre God is held in reverence and everything that Jane does is in accordance with what the Bible and the reflection of her prayers tell her. Even dreams are a form of communication for Jane, acting like guides when decisions arise before her. Jane Eyre's paranoia of the noises she hears in the red room and later coming from Bertha Mason in the third floor adds a different twist of supernatural beings that creates suspense for the reader. In the Ancient Mariners case, it is the albatross in which god holds his influence. After he shoots down the albatross, he must repent for his sins. He is punished through nature, with the winds stopping and the sun slowly killing his crew mates. The whole poem has religious overtones in it, with the crew rising from the dead to help him and the Hermit listening to his penance. The most interesting supernatural beings would be the two that talk about the fate of the Ancient Mariner, just because they break away from the theme of nature.