The climax of the play Ruined occurs
after Fortune comes to Mama's establishment for the first time looking for Salima.
Later, Commander Osembenga storms Mama's place trying to find Kisembe. He comes a second
time still looking for Kisembe and in an impatient rage throws Mama, Josephine, and
Sophie to the floor. The women fall under attack from the men but Salima enters the room
in a terrible condition while screaming for the men to stop the violence, a violence
that ruined her own life.
While Mama is expecting to be
needed in Salima's childbirth, Salima dies, free at last from having her body be the
battleground for the men's violence. This is the climax. Afterward, regular routines
reemerge as Christian again asks Mama to join her life with his. The falling action
occurs in Christian and Mama's dancing and the resolution of the play is
established.
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