Yeah, Lear makes me want to scream, too! It's just Othello, as you say, is so especially beautiful, and the man is so monumentally filled with pride and self-doubt and stupidity, and that he can't see his way clear to not killing the woman he loves - it's almost unendurable! AUGH. Gil's auxilary logic engine scenario makes much more sense, and I am thrilled you seem to have cajoled her into writing it. :)