This study was produced from my thesis, which I successfully defended as a Master’s thesis at the Department of Western Languages and Literature, Kafkas University, Institute of Social Sciences, on 03.01.2025. This study aims to reveal the complex meanings and social critiques behind Charlie Chaplin’s timeless films by examining his cinematic genius through a semiotic lens. As one of the most iconic figures of the silent cinema era, Chaplin created a universal language and through this language, ...