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In "Julius Caesar", what does Mark Antony think of Lepidus?

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This one is - unusually for Shakespeare - unequivocally and clearly expressed in the text. Antony says of LepidusThis is a slight unmeritable man, Meet to be sent on errands. Is it fit, The three-fold world divided, he should standOne of the three to share it? Lepidus is "slight" (small, insignificant) and "unmeritable" (literally - not worthy of merit) good for sending on errands but certainly not good enough to rule over one third of the world. Octavius disagrees:OCTAVIUS: You may do your will,But he's a tried and valiant soldier. "So is my horse", Antony responds, it seems sarcastically... but then goes on to justify his argument:He must be taught, and train'd, and bid go forth; A barren-spirited fellow, one that feeds On objects, arts, and imitations,Which, out of use and staled by other men, Begin his fashion. Do not talk of him But as a property.Antony's argument with Lepidus is that Lepidus, like a horse, needs to be encouraged to do everything - and who copies off other men all the time. He is simply a "property" - a "prop", a "tool" to be used - but certainly not a man.

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