Question

Read the excerpt below and answer the question.

Upon its head, with red extended mouth and solitary eye of fire, sat the hideous beast whose craft had seduced me into murder, and whose informing voice had consigned me to the hangman.

Analyze Poe’s word choices in this excerpt from “The Black Cat.” Pay particular attention to his use of the word “seduced.” The tone exhibited in this excerpt can be described as _____.

embarrassed
arrogant
passing blame
guilt ridden

Answer 1

The answer is c. Passing blame

Answer 2

C.Passing blame

Step-by-step explanation:

He described the beastly extremely bad then blamed it for his mistakes.