Michael Scofield

A T.V show called prison break, highly favors a man called Michael Scofield. Scofield is the main character in the movie simply to help rescue his brother from prison for a crime he did not commit. Scofield had a game plan though, he had a potent piece in saving his brother, that was a tattoo. The tattoo on Scofield’s body included the plan to break his brother Lincoln out of prison and live a quiet life after breaking out. The part of the tattoo that is situated on the front of Michael Scofield, contains the blueprints of the underground passageways of the prison, while on the back, a bird’s-eye view of the prison is incorporated into the tattoo.

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The semiotics signs are the tattoos on his body. The signifier is the tattoo. During the show when he had to take off his shirt when transfering to prison, no one really noticed or showed attention towards his tattoos. Although, it was an essential tool for Scofield. These tattoos were misinterpreted especially in season 1. If it weren't for those tattoos, Scofield would have not broken out. In the show the tattoos is oblivious to the people in the prison. They had no idea those tattoos had any meaning.

Hidden messages on tattoo (season one)

• Prison Layout on his back. (1x1)
• Blueprints of the underground passageways of the prison on the front. (1x1)
• Allen Schweitzer 11121147 is on his forearm, indicating the model of a screw needed to unscrew the cell’s toilet to allow access to the interior layout of the prison. (1x2)
• A small hexagon is the dot on the “i” of “Schweitzer”. It is to check if the screw’s end was filed down properly to fit the bolt. (1x2)
• CUTE POISON is the chemical formula, 3H2SO4(aq) + Ca3(PO4)2(aq) + 6H2O(l) ↔ 2H3PO4(aq) + 3CaSO4(aq)·2H2O(l), to produce phosphoric acid to dissolve the metal sewage cover. (1x4)
• English Fitz Percy are the names of the three streets leading them out of the prison. (1x5)
• Image of a devil’s face to plot the drilling holes in Riots, Drills and the Devil Part 1. (1x6)
• Playing cards with numbers “1 312 909 3529” shows the phone number of Nika Volek. (1x10)
• Coffin with a cross to hint how to make his brother feel sick to avoid the execution.