Roland Barthes described five codes that are woven into any narrative: the hermeneutic code, the proairetic code, the semantic code, the symbolic code, and the cultural code. The hermeneutic and proairetic codes build tension and keep audiences guessing by leaving some elements unexplained or indicating that future events will occur. The semantic and symbolic codes provide additional meaning through connotation and organizing meanings into deeper sets of ideas. The cultural code refers to elements based on canonical works assumed to be foundational truths.

1. ROLAND BARTHES
ENIGMA THEORY

2. LINGUISTIC, ROLAND BARTHES, DESCRIBED FIVE
CODES WHICH ARE WOVEN INTO ANY
NARRATIVE.

3. THE HERMENEUTIC CODE
 THE HERMENEUTIC CODE REFERS TO ANY
ELEMENT OF THE STORY THAT IS NOT FULLY
EXPLAINED AND HENCE BECOMES A MYSTERY
TO THE READER
 THE PURPOSE OF THE AUTHOR IN THIS IS
TYPICALLY TO KEEP THE AUDIENCE GUESSING,
ARRESTING THE ENIGMA, UNTIL THE FINAL
SCENES WHEN ALL IS REVEALED AND ALL
LOOSE ENDS ARE TIED OFF AND CLOSURE IS
ACHIEVED.

4. THE PROAIRETIC CODE
 THE PROAIRETIC CODE ALSO BUILDS TENSION,
REFERRING TO ANY OTHER ACTION OR EVENT
THAT INDICATES SOMETHING ELSE IS GOING
TO HAPPEN, AND WHICH HENCE GETS THE
READER GUESSING AS TO WHAT WILL HAPPEN
NEXT.
 THE HERMENEUTIC AND PROAIRETIC CODE GO
AS A PAIR TO DEVELOP THE STORIES TENSION
AND KEEP THE AUDIENCE INTERESTED.

5. THE SEMANTIC CODE
 THIS REFERS TO CONNOTATION WITHIN THE
STORY THAT GIVES ADDITIONAL MEANING
OVER THE BASIC DENOTATIVE MEANING OF
THE WORD.
 IT IS BY THE USE OF EXTENDED MEANING THAT
CAN BE APPLIEDTO PAINT RICH PICTURES
WITH RELATIVELY LIMITED TEXT/SPEECH.

6. THE SYMBOLLIC CODE
 THIS IS SIMILAR TO THE SEMANTIC CODE, BUT
ACTS AT A WIDER LEVEL, ORGANISING
SEMANTIC MEANINGS INOT BROADER AND
DEEPER SETS OF MEANING.
 THIS IS TYPICALLY DONE IN THE USE OF
ANTITHESIS, WHERE NEW MEANING ARISES
OUT OF OPPOSING AND CONFLICT IDEAS.

7. THE CULTURAL CODE
 THIS CODE REFERS TO ANYTHING THAT I
FOUNDED ON SOME KIND OF CANONICAL
WORKS THAT CANNOT BE CHALLENGED AND IS
ASSUMED TO BE A FOUNDATION OF TRUTH.