Irony- incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the normal or expected result It is 101 BC, the Roman Empire is at its zenith, and a man named Julius Caesar has the power of it within his grasp. Unwanted till now, he soon realizes the influence he now holds over so many lives. Perhaps he is naïve. However, if choosing who out of Marcus Brutus, Marcus Antonius, Cassius, and Julius Caesar; …showed first 75 words of 1032 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1032 total…that, ironically, the conspirators had worked so hard to prevent. Caesar would have been an excellent leader of Rome because he not only refrained from making impetuous and misguided decisions about the other characters, but he displayed selfless loyalty to the citizens of Rome and to those he loved. It is striking and shocking to think what may have happened to the world as we know it if Julius Caesar had lived, lead, and loved.