English timed essay on gothic conventions in the Bloody Chamber

I do the OCR spec for A level too, dw im finding it quite hard as well. I wrote up some of the notes I have for the stories below. What I would do is learn quotes that match the gothic conventions in the story and I added a few quotes I know from memory below (wording might be a tad off because idk where my book is haha) (: For the real exam btw I would definitely take a look at lady of the house of love and the other two wolf stories as well because they're super gothic-y.
For critical analysis in the exam I would analyse the quote and say how it's gothic, which I assume is what your teacher will be looking for. Also link to context. If you're doing A Level then context is 50% of the real exam, but if you're doing AS then focus on AO2 analysis, so analyse single words and their affects.

Tiger’s Bride;
- helpless female/damsel in distress = "my father lost me to the beast at cards" "my father abandoned me to the wild beasts"
- isolated building, gothic setting = "the beast bought solitude.... with his money"
- the monstrous = "he wears a mask with a man's face painted most beautifully upon it"

The courtship of Mr Lyon;
- inferior female again = "his beauty, his girl-child, his pet"
- monstrous = "head of a lion, mane and mighty paws of a lion"
- isolation = "there was no evidence of another human presence"

The Werewolf
- macabre language = "the devil holds picnics in the graveyard"
- supernatural = "witch's mask"
- violence/death = "stone her to death" "beating her old carcass"
- monstrous = the wolf
- fear = "red eyes, running grizzled chops" "he went for her throat as most wolves do"
- isolation = "five mile trudge through the forest"
- contrasting to gothic; active female "take your father's hunting knife you know how to use it" and "the wolf let out a gulp, almost a sob, wolves are less brave than they seem."

The bloody chamber:
- death/macabre/language designed to scare readers = "bloody bandage of rubies" "choker... like an extraordinarily slit throat" "the worst thing was the dead lips smiled" "fated sisterhood of his wives" "mark of cain" "he twined his finger in my hair until I winced"
- passive female = "bare as a lamb chop" "I was 17 and knew nothing of the world" "baby"
- gothic setting (masculine setting) = "spiked gates" "his castle" Marquis has as many keys as a "prison warder"
- isolation = "faery solitude of the place" "cut off by the tide from land for half a day"
- villain = Marquis like a "lily" that "will stain you", "silver streaks in his dark mane" is a predator

These are just a few that I remember but there are loads more, I have a list of gothic conventions and I can type that up if you need just let me know? I hope this helped!

I do the OCR spec for A level too, dw im finding it quite hard as well. I wrote up some of the notes I have for the stories below. What I would do is learn quotes that match the gothic conventions in the story and I added a few quotes I know from memory below (wording might be a tad off because idk where my book is haha) (: For the real exam btw I would definitely take a look at lady of the house of love and the other two wolf stories as well because they're super gothic-y.
For critical analysis in the exam I would analyse the quote and say how it's gothic, which I assume is what your teacher will be looking for. Also link to context. If you're doing A Level then context is 50% of the real exam, but if you're doing AS then focus on AO2 analysis, so analyse single words and their affects.

Tiger’s Bride;
- helpless female/damsel in distress = "my father lost me to the beast at cards" "my father abandoned me to the wild beasts"
- isolated building, gothic setting = "the beast bought solitude.... with his money"
- the monstrous = "he wears a mask with a man's face painted most beautifully upon it"

The courtship of Mr Lyon;
- inferior female again = "his beauty, his girl-child, his pet"
- monstrous = "head of a lion, mane and mighty paws of a lion"
- isolation = "there was no evidence of another human presence"

The Werewolf
- macabre language = "the devil holds picnics in the graveyard"
- supernatural = "witch's mark"
- violence/death = "stone her to death" "beating her old carcass"
- monstrous = the wolf
- fear = "red eyes, running grizzled chops" "he went for her throat as most wolves do"
- isolation = "five mile trudge through the forest"
- contrasting to gothic; active female "take your father's hunting knife you know how to use it" and "the wolf let out a gulp, almost a sob, wolves are less brave than they seem."

The bloody chamber:
- death/macabre/language designed to scare readers = "bloody bandage of rubies" "choker... like an extraordinarily slit throat" "the worst thing was the dead lips smiled" "fated sisterhood of his wives" "mark of cain" "he twined his finger in my hair until I winced"
- passive female = "bare as a lamb chop" "I was 17 and knew nothing of the world" "baby"
- gothic setting (masculine setting) = "spiked gates" "his castle" Marquis has as many keys as a "prison warder"
- isolation = "faery solitude of the place" "cut off by the tide from land for half a day"
- villain = Marquis like a "lily" that "will stain you", "silver streaks in his dark mane" is a predator

These are just a few that I remember but there are loads more, I have a list of gothic conventions and I can type that up if you need just let me know? Also, don't forget to reference the original fairy tales the stories were based upon e.g. first two are beauty and the beast, Werewolf is Perrault's Little Red Riding Hood/Grimm's Little Red Cap and Bloody Chamber is Perrault's Bluebeard and Marquis is based on Marquis de Sade. I hope this helped!