Bathes Enigma Code

Enigma Code

Bathes enigma code believes every narrative is interwoven with multiple codes. Hermentic code - story not fully explained, full truth avoided, keeps audience guessing till final scene when all is revealed. Proairetic code - action/event that indicates something else is going to happen. By witnessing this, the audience can say what characters will do/what will happen next.

The enigma code portrays a mystery to draw an audience in, pose questions and make the audience become intrigued in the piece.

Things Barthe focuses on: 
Thematisation (what in the narrative is the enigma?)
Positioning (additional conformations)
Formulation of the enigma
Promise of an answer of the enigma Fraud (convention to the true answer)
Equivocation (mix of fraud and truth)
Blocking (enigma cant be solved)
Partial answer (some facts of the truth are revealed)
Disclosure (of the truth)