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The conclusion draws together various strands of Sachon’s enquiry through the common thread of embodied perception, exploring differences between early modern and modern perceptions of body, mind and world that shape our understanding of Shakespeare’s approach to his audiences. Sachon considers how her multi-modal method might be used to influence modern performances, reflecting on her own approach to rehearsals and workshops, and considering recent projects that bring drama-related activities into a shared arena with neuroscience. She then links scientific findings back to language and the acting process, identifying perceptual ‘triggers’ that foster empathetic connections and engender emotions through bodily posture, movement, facial expression, protension and sound—all of which are present in Shakespeare’s writing, and brought into play through the creation of objects in his texts.
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Sachon, S. (2020). Conclusion. In: Shakespeare, Objects and Phenomenology. Palgrave Shakespeare Studies. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05207-2_6
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