1.) The background information given prior as to how it relates to the real life occurrences today (page 4).

2.) The Gothic includes pushing towards extremes, whether they are cruelty, rapacity and fear, or passion and sexual degradation (page 5).

3.) The free-thinking characters that appear frequently in the Gothic are generally up to no-good, disbelieving in the significance of virginity (page 5).

4.) The acknowledgment of the continuing existence of magic, religious and demonic forces within a more and more secular society (page 6).

5.) Among the most striking features of the Gothic genre is the style of the architectural settings, often as medievalist (page 7).