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The final paragraph states that reading is the true “place of writing” ,
using the example of the Greek tragedies with texts that contain words
with double meanings that appear one-sided to the characters.
However, the reader (the audience) is aware of the double meanings,
implying the “multiplicity of writing” rests on the reader for open
interpretation. “A text’s unity lies not on its origin but on its
destination.” Pointing out the importance of the reader in literary
analysis, Barthes shows that Classic criticism was “imposing a limit” on
texts by only focusing on the author themselves. Barthes concludes
that the primary determiner of meaning in the text is the reader who
does not just passively ingest the writer’s intention. Rather, the reader
is the active producer of meaning who arrests signifying play in the
manner that he or she sees fit.