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

Verbal irony occurs when a character means the opposite of what he or she says.

In the excerpt from Act 2, Scene 1, of Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar," Brutus makes reference to keeping Mark Antony alive. However, he contradicts himself because he wishes to kill Caesar's spirit only and not kill the man, but he acknowledges Caesar must bleed for that. Finally, he also intends to murder Caesar without any anger or brutality. Otherwise, he believes they would be considered murderers - which they will become anyway because a murderer is someone who commits murder.

its hard for me to see which word is supposed to be in bold. if i knew then i would be able to better.

thats just how it be sometimes