Supernatural

I believe that supernatural is the most effective element when writing a gothic story. The supernatural is a key feature in writing a novel that has to do with horror because it evokes the most emotion out of the reader and gets them into the story. For example Frankenstein would not be as effective without the monster created by the mad scientist Victor, because it is truly the main focus of the story. If the monster was just a regular guy, then the novel would lose its sense of gruel horror, which really draws the reader to the story. The supernatural element  is a very important factor  because it is the base or the root of the story and it is the one thing that is remembered by the readers. Even before I started reading Frankenstein I knew about the monster in the book.