Read the excerpt from act 2, scene 1, of Julius Caesar.
[BRUTUS.] Let us be sacrificers, but not butchers, Caius.
We all stand up against the spirit of Caesar,
And in the spirit of men there is no blood.
O, that we then could come by Caesar's spirit,
And not dismember Caesar!
Why is this passage an example of verbal irony?
Brutus wants to stand up to the spirit of Caesar.
Brutus is the one the priests call on to offer sacrifices to the gods.
O Brutus says he does not want to be seen as a butcher, but that is what the Romans will remember after he stabs
his friend
O Brutus and Caius do not believe in spirits or in the gods.

Verbal irony is a figure of speech when one thing is said but the exact opposite happens. In other words, we can say verbal irony is when what is said and what is done are contrary to each other.

In the given excerpt from William Shakespeare's "The Tragedy of Julius Caesar", Brutus' declaration of "let us be sacrificers, not butchers" is an example of verbal irony. This is because his expression is contrary to what he had done after "butchering" his friend Caesar.

Thus, the correct answer is the third option.

OlanmaE OlanmaE · Answer 2 · 2021-12-17T11:28:32+01:00

An example of verbal irony in the passage is: Brutus says he does not want to be seen as a butcher, but that is what the Romans will remember after he stabs his friend.

Verbal irony occurs when a person says or writes one thing, but the opposite is what plays out. Brutus was the mastermind of the murder of Caesar his friend.

While he says that they should not be butchers but sacrificers, he eventually proved to be a butcher when he initiated the death of the Roman leader Caesar.

Thus we see verbal irony playing out. Therefore, option c is correct.

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