OCR A-Level English Literature Paper 2 Gothic Comparison. Exam
Questions and Correct Answers | Graded A+ | 2025/2026 Update|
3 Quotes from DG Chapter 1 - 'An artist should create beautiful things, but should put
nothing of his own life into them.'
'The ugly and the stupid have the best of it in this world.'
'A curious sensation of terror came over me.'
3 Quotes from DG Chapter 2 - 'There is no such thing as good influence Mr Gray. All
influence is immoral.'
'One of the great secrets of life- to cure the soul by means of the senses, and the senses by means
of the soul.'
' I would give my soul for that!'
2 Quotes from DG Chapter 3 - 'There was something fascinating in this son of Love &
Death.'
'He felt that the eyes of Dorian Gray were fixed on him.'
3 Quotes from DG Chapter 4 - 'Men marry because they are tired. Women, because they are
curious. Both are disappointed.'
'You have a curious influence over me.'
'I worship her!'
Quote from DG Chapter 5 - 'If this man wrongs my sister...kill him like a dog. I swear it.'
2 Quotes from DG Chapter 6 - 'The basis of optimism is sheer terror.'
'Beautiful sins, like beautiful things, are the privilege of the rich.'
, 3 Quotes from DG Chapter 7 - 'It was simply bad art. She was a complete failure.'
'You have killed my love.'
'you don't even stir my curiosity... You are shallow and stupid... I will never see you again. I will
never think of you.'
4 Quotes from DG Chapter 8 - 'Here was a visible symbol of the degradation of sin.'
'You must not be mixed up in it.'
'There is a fatality about good resolutions- they are always made too late.'
'The girl never really lived, and so she has never really died.'
3 Quotes from DG Chapter 9 - 'If one doesn't talk about a thing, it has never happened.'
'I want the Dorian Gray I used to paint.'
'There is something fatal about a portrait. It has a life of its own.'
2 Quotes from DG Chapter 10 - 'tremulously uncertain hands'
'it was to hide something that had a corruption of its own, worse than the corruption of death itself-
something that would breed horrors and yet would never die.'
3 Quotes from DG Chapter 11 - 'could not free himself from the influence of this book.'
'the evil and ageing face on the canvas.'
'something in the purity of his face that rebuked them.'
3 Quotes from DG Chapter 13 - 'only God that sees the soul Basil? Draw that curtain back,
and you will see mine.'
'You were to me such an ideal as I shall never meet again.'
'dug the knife into the great vein that is behind the ear, crushing the man's head down on the table,
and stabbing again and again.'
2 Quotes from DG Chapter 14 - 'Poor Basil! What a horrible way for a man to die!"
Questions and Correct Answers | Graded A+ | 2025/2026 Update|
3 Quotes from DG Chapter 1 - 'An artist should create beautiful things, but should put
nothing of his own life into them.'
'The ugly and the stupid have the best of it in this world.'
'A curious sensation of terror came over me.'
3 Quotes from DG Chapter 2 - 'There is no such thing as good influence Mr Gray. All
influence is immoral.'
'One of the great secrets of life- to cure the soul by means of the senses, and the senses by means
of the soul.'
' I would give my soul for that!'
2 Quotes from DG Chapter 3 - 'There was something fascinating in this son of Love &
Death.'
'He felt that the eyes of Dorian Gray were fixed on him.'
3 Quotes from DG Chapter 4 - 'Men marry because they are tired. Women, because they are
curious. Both are disappointed.'
'You have a curious influence over me.'
'I worship her!'
Quote from DG Chapter 5 - 'If this man wrongs my sister...kill him like a dog. I swear it.'
2 Quotes from DG Chapter 6 - 'The basis of optimism is sheer terror.'
'Beautiful sins, like beautiful things, are the privilege of the rich.'
, 3 Quotes from DG Chapter 7 - 'It was simply bad art. She was a complete failure.'
'You have killed my love.'
'you don't even stir my curiosity... You are shallow and stupid... I will never see you again. I will
never think of you.'
4 Quotes from DG Chapter 8 - 'Here was a visible symbol of the degradation of sin.'
'You must not be mixed up in it.'
'There is a fatality about good resolutions- they are always made too late.'
'The girl never really lived, and so she has never really died.'
3 Quotes from DG Chapter 9 - 'If one doesn't talk about a thing, it has never happened.'
'I want the Dorian Gray I used to paint.'
'There is something fatal about a portrait. It has a life of its own.'
2 Quotes from DG Chapter 10 - 'tremulously uncertain hands'
'it was to hide something that had a corruption of its own, worse than the corruption of death itself-
something that would breed horrors and yet would never die.'
3 Quotes from DG Chapter 11 - 'could not free himself from the influence of this book.'
'the evil and ageing face on the canvas.'
'something in the purity of his face that rebuked them.'
3 Quotes from DG Chapter 13 - 'only God that sees the soul Basil? Draw that curtain back,
and you will see mine.'
'You were to me such an ideal as I shall never meet again.'
'dug the knife into the great vein that is behind the ear, crushing the man's head down on the table,
and stabbing again and again.'
2 Quotes from DG Chapter 14 - 'Poor Basil! What a horrible way for a man to die!"
