Are You Being Served?
Signifier = The departments are separated
Signified = They are for different sections of the store i.e mens and womens clothing
Sign = Men and Women are separated in society at this time.
Upstairs Downstairs
Signifier = The two sections of the house are divided
Signified = Upstairs for the owners of the house, Downstairs for the workers.
Sign = Shows the divide between classes. The workers are the lower class and the owners are the higher class.
Alfie
Signifier = Abortion
Signified = Character does not want the child.
Sign = Society at that time would look down upon women who have bastard children.
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