Roland Barthes was a theorist who studied narrative structures in films. He identified five narrative codes that are used to create meaning in movies: enigma codes, which are rhetorical questions that create suspense for the audience to answer; semic codes; symbolic codes; action codes; and cultural codes. Enigma codes specifically refer to rhetorical questions posed to the audience to sustain suspense while watching a film.

1. BARTHES THEORY

2. WHO IS HE?
• A theorist who looked into narrative structures. He believes films were like a ball
of thread that needs to be identified

3. WHAT DID HE FIND OUT?
• Five narrative codes that were used in movies to create meanings.
Enigma codes
Semic codes
Symbolic codes
Action codes
Cultural codes

4. WHAT ARE ENIGMA CODES
• enigma codes are like rhetorical questions that audience are supposed to answer
while watching. It is made to create suspence.