Monastic Pictures And Venetian Dusk

One of those books sold in the local shops in English is titled "explore Venice with Shylock and Othello!" Now I know this is probably just a collection of quotes from Merchant of Venice and Othello, but the way my imagination works was: Wouldn't that make a good modern AU fanfic challenge? Shylock and Othello, working as tour guides? That would be a surviving Othello who has to do community service by employing his talent for telling tales which won Desdemona for the tourist masses, and Shylock who after his trial has been condemmed to some kind of community service as well instead of the baptism. Or maybe someone could even find some historical equivalent. Anyway, Othello's grandiose rethoric and Shylock's short, to the point, acid statement would clash beautifully, and there would be all types of conflicts, what with both them outsiders to Venetian society, but Othello as the one who thought of himself as part of it, of having completely assimilated, who admired it, until, and who feels horribly guilty, and Shylock as the one who hates Venice for what it did and does to him, except for the part where it's still his home. There is potential, I tell you.

Meanwhile, I offer some pictorial illustration for recent pots, as is my wont.
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