In the play Death of a Salesman, Arthur Miller uses an old reality style that deals with emotional and financial struggles. These struggles are observed throughout the play. The play was written in the 1940s, during the time of the Great Depression. It was a very difficult time that many people struggled through, just like the Loman family in the play. Arthur Miller uses several elements in the play which are: stream of consciousness, setting, protagonist, symbolism and climax. These elements are very useful for the reader's understanding. The first element is stream of consciousness. Stream of consciousness is a literary genre that reveals a character's thoughts and feelings as they develop through a long soliloquy. Throughout the play, Willy Loman almost always talks to himself, and the rest of the time he talks to Uncle Ben. The problem is that Uncle Ben is dead, but as far as Willy is concerned, he is still alive. He's an old man in his sixties, he's losing his mind, so that's one of the reasons he's talking to himself. The other reason...