Memory

In "Death of a Salesman", the intangible and misty scenery shows that Willie Lowman's memory is full of lies and also represents much of Willie's deceit of others and himself. In the very beginning, the setting is described as "partially transparent" (Miller 1). The transparent quality shows that that many things in the (Willie Loman) protagonist's memory appear solid and true, but are actually just 'smokes and mirrors' and are not real. This is further shown when the stage directions say that in the past scenes characters can step "through a wall on to the forestage" (Miller 1). Again, the walls in the story are just an illusion, which the characters can step through specifically in the past-highlighting memory as full of illusions.
These illusions in the memory point to Willie's lies. Willie lies about getting money from Charley (saying that it is his paycheck) and he lies about cheating on his wife.