Julius Caesar · Character
Lepidus
Weak triumvir used by Antony and Octavius.
minor
Also known as Exit Lepidus
First appearance: Scene I
Lepidus shows up with force in Scene I. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Consents to his brother's death and is sent to fetch Caesar's will, but is scorned by Antony as a mere errand-runner.
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- Protagonist
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- Aftermath
- Closing
This scene is the dramatic climax because it represents the emotional and psychological peak of Brutus’s rheto…
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