Question

Read the excerpt from act 1, scene 3, of Julius Caesar.

Answer 1

Answer:

B. Cassius actually believes that Caesar wants to be a tyrant.

Explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:

This excerpt is an example of verbal irony because Cassius actually believes that Caesar wants to be a tyrant.

Explanation:

Verbal Irony is a literary device that writers use to make the character say something that in fact has another meaning or that is opposite to what the character's real intentions or opinions are. In this excerpt, Cassius describes Caesar as a poor person since he has been selected by the people as they think he would be easy to control, while he in fact thing that Caesar has darker intentions in becoming into power.