Question

read the following passage from chapter 8 mary shelleys frankenstein.
\a thousand times rather would i have confessed myself guilty of the crime ascribed to justine, but i was absent when it was comitted and such a declaration would have been considered as the ravings of a madman and would not have exculpated her who suffered through me.\
using context clues, what is the meaning of \ascribed\ in the above passage?
○ assigned
○ taken
○ thrown
○ written

Explanation:

In the context, "ascribed" refers to the crime being attributed or assigned to Justine. The narrator (Victor) means the crime was blamed on Justine instead of himself, so "assigned" matches this meaning of attributing a quality/action to someone.

Answer:

A. assigned