Answer:
Miller changed Ann Putnam Jr's first name to Ruth to avoid confusion with her mother Ann Putnam Sr. Miller depicts Rebecca Nurse, John Proctor and Martha Corey as being hanged on the same day when it reality Nurse was hanged in July, Proctor was hanged in August and Corey was hanged in September.
Explanation:
Arthur Miller wanted to make it clear that he wasn't trying to write (or rewrite) history. ... Instead, Miller developed his characters to fit the play — which at the time it was published, was considered to be a statement about McCarthyism more than it was a retelling of the Salem Witch Trials.
