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 .

The answer is "passing blame".

Explanation:

The tones seen in this excerpt could be described as a fault, they indicate that perhaps the speaker also isn't responsible for the death.  On the other hand, he says also that guy's behavior was responsible for the "horrible monster" that Black Cat, because it had "seduced him" himself to also be murdered (or persuaded him). Thus the black cat is accused.