Ruined Play Analysis

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Casie Johnson Sharon swingle Theatre May 4, 2015 “Ruined” Essay I saw the play Ruined by Lynn Nottlage on Netflix and it was really good. It takes place in a mining town in the Ituri Rainforest. In this war damaged country, it is one of the few places still safe. Mama Nadi the main character takes in harmed women and gives them shelter and food in return they fulfill the soldiers, miners and salesmen who stop by for a drink or sexual services. This story is revolved around all of the survivors and how it’s possible for these women to continue moving on and embracing their lives. The play is about the difficulties of women during the Democratic Replublic of Congo’s civil war. The story is about the main character Mama Nadi who revolves her life around owning a bar and brothel. She houses and takes care of a number of girl-turned-prostitutes who in return will sleep with her customers. Two of the other main characters in the play are two women that Mama Nadi accepted into her brothel and they have a disturbing past. Sophie was a victim of a violent rape and was left to die and Salima was a married woman with a kid who got kidnapped out of their back yard …show more content…

Stuff like this happens more than you think and it just proves that many women embrace their life even if love is still blind to them after all that violence. During the war there was a lot of violent stuff going on. In the play Mama got a gray parrot which was the last thing from her old papa’s tribe. The parrot would refer to people in the play that birds will flaunt their feathers to call attention to themselves. Salima related to that because she told a story how she was taken by soldiers because she was flaunting herself while working. The soldiers relate to that because they would flaunt their physical strength in a violent

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