- Use of shock tactics : use of explicit language eg. 'cunt', controversial issues eg. paedophilia + necrophilia, exploitation of innocence, sadistic exposure of sex.
- Fairytale element of story telling: Carter has taken the original fairytales for children and giving them her own dark twist- removing common previous fairytale conventions, whilst ironically still maintaining ones such as the 'happily ever after' ending.
- Feminism - challenging female conventions in society by giving the female characters the more dominant role
- Entrapment - idea of being surrounded or trapped, eg. The Bloody Chamber, the female is surrounded by the sea and trapped in the castle
- Violence linked with love and sex
- Virginity/Innocence/Purity - common association : virginity and innocence.
- Nature
- Transformation
Gothic nature of The Bloody Chamber relies on human nature, and general features of it which appear to be normal in everyday society, Carter takes these features and explores them in a way that exposes the many dark and sadistic faults in human nature. Focusing on sexual desires as a dark subject and emphasising the innocence of the human race in a virginal state. As well as this Carter also explores the importance of nature as a Gothic element, in it's destructive nature and omnipotence in life, which leads well above any control we possess.
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