The five main points that mostly interested me were
1. Gothic representation of extreme circumstances of terror, oppression and persecution, darkness and obscurity of setting, and innocence betrayed (Page 1).
2. Among the extremes and taboos that the gothic explores are religious profanities, demonism, occultism, necromancy and incest (Page 6).
3. Gothic also deals with the extreme states of past traumas and guilt (Page 6)
4. Landscapes in the gothic similarity dwelt on the exposed, inhumane, and pitiless nature of mountains, crags, and wastelands. Even something simple as a house, cellar or rooms can become a gothic setting (Page 7).
5. What led to American gothic was the frontier experience of inherent solitude, potential violence, fear of European subversion, and anxieties about democracy as well as the absence of society racial issues concerning both slavery and native Americans. (Page 4)