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.

What tone does Poe's use of "seduced" illicit in this excerpt from "The Black Cat"?

arrogant

guilt ridden

embarrassed

passing blame

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Thalia Spence

6 May, 05:41

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.

What tone does Poe's use of "seduced" illicit in this excerpt from "The Black Cat"?

arrogant

guilt ridden

embarrassed

passing blame

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Solomon Wolfe · Answer 1

The tone that Poe's use of "seduced" illicit in this excerpt from "The Black Cat" is passing blame.

You can see in the excerpt that he blames this "beast" to have seduced him into committing a murder, into killing another person and that it is responsible for him having to go to jail now. He never mentions that he is the one to blame for what he has done, but rather places all the blame to this "creature."