And what is the upshot of the visitation?
It is written in Shakespeare, but should be read with the commentary of Salvini's voice and expression:--'O! _siam nell' opra ancor fanciulli_'-- 'We are yet but young in deed.' Circle below circle.

He is looking with horrible satisfaction into the mouth of hell.

There may still be a prick to-day; but to-morrow conscience will be dead, and he may move untroubled in this element of blood.
In the fifth act we see this lowest circle reached; and it is Salvini's finest moment throughout the play.

From the first he was admirably made up, and looked Macbeth to the full as perfectly as ever he looked Othello.

From the first moment he steps upon the stage you can see this character is a creation to the fullest meaning of the phrase; for the man before you is a type you know well already.