Semiotics Assignment 1

1. The Wall Street bull.
2. Signifying the strength and aggressiveness of Wall Street’s business sectors and the wildness of the stock exchange.
3.  The Bull’s posture and positioning, along with the brass metal suggests an aggressive and generally unstoppable nature, much like the financial dealings of Wall Street. The charging posture of the statue symbolizes the wildness of the stock exchange and the unpredictably of the stock prices themselves. The strength of Wall Street is portrayed in the Bull’s coiled muscles, which are flexed and ready for sudden and powerful movement.