Early on, Marlow happens upon two women: "a dead silence, grass sprouting between the stones, imposing carriage archways right and left, immense double doors standing ponderously ajar...as arid as a desert, and opened the first door I came to. Two women, one fat and the other slim...knitting black...

Literary Analysis: Getting Away With Murder Getting Away With Murder is a mystery/comedy play written by Stephen Sondheim and George Furth. These authors were extremely creative in their writing. They frequently used figurative language and foreshadowing, some funny and some suspenseful. Th...