Othello, Acts 4 and 5

In the closing acts of this trajedy, Othello reaches borderline insanity because of the mind games he has endured from Iago. The big question of whether or not Othello's troubles with Iago are related his race alone comes to a head at the conclusion of the story where he kills Desihmona. Was he sooo brainwashed that he really believed that she was unfaithful to him or was it just the thought of her being with someone else and him thinking "if she's not with me, she can't be with anyone?" Did Iago target Othello because he was a moor or because he really wanted Desi for himself? Maybe it was a combination of both, but in my opinon, her death could have been prevented in spite of all the mind games. If Othello could have stepped away from the madness for just a minute to uncover the real story from Desi and Emily, he would have saved her life and his. Jealousy combined with rage is always a deadly cocktail. Sadly, in our contemporary modern society, situations like these do escalate to the extremes seen at the end of the play. If more people read Shakespeare's trajedies (especially Othello), maybe there would be less violence and hatred in the world.