Why is this passage an example of verbal irony?

Brutus wants to stand up to the spirit of Caesar.
Brutus wants Caius to be the one to kill Caesar.
Brutus does not want to be a butcher but has to dismember Caesar.
Brutus is later dismembered by Caius.

Read the excerpt from the odyssey; 'o cyclops! would you feast on my companions? puny am i, in a caveman's hands? how do you like the beating that we gave you, you d(arn)ed cannibal? eater of guests under your roof! zeus and the gods have paid you! ' according to this excerpt, odysseus (a)is fearful of the cyclops. (b)is prideful and overly confident. (c)has been weakened by the cyclops. (d)has regrets about staying on the island.