• How does Twain use irony and sarcasm to deliberately communicate or achieve a specific purpose? Twain uses irony and sarcasm to mislead the reader, as a unique method to test the reader's knowledge of the characters of Huck
and Jim.
Twain uses irony and sarcasm to characterize the king and duke in such a way that communicates his belief that pretending to be
something you are not (for the sake of appearances) is both ridiculous and embarrassing.
Twain uses irony and sarcasm to highlight his personal political beliefs, specifically relating to the presidental elections of his era.
Twain uses irony and sarcasm to positively depict the characters of the king and duke, because he intends to encourage the reader
to model their behavior

Julius caesar. [brutus.] with this, she fell distraught, and, her attendants absent, swallowed fire. cassius. and died so? brutus. even so. cassius. o ye immortal gods! [enter lucius, with wine and taper] brutus. speak no more of her. give me a bowl of wine. in this i bury all unkindness, cassius. cassius. my heart is thirsty for that noble pledge. fill, lucius, till the wine o'erswell the cup; i cannot drink too much of brutus' love. [exit lucius. enter titinius, with messala] brutus. come in, titinius; welcome, good messala. now sit we close about this taper here, and call in question our necessities. cassius. portia, art thou gone? brutus. no more, i pray you. what moral dilemma does brutus confront in this excerpt? brutus lets go of his anger toward cassius and forgives him. brutus decides that he will not mourn portia and will stay loyal to cassius. brutus decides that he is too angry at cassius to remain friends with him. brutus questions whether cassius's life should be ended.