Welty’s “Petrified Man” response. Eudora Welty's "Petrified Man" admits the reader into the "woman's world" of the beauty shop. This is a place where a woman can sit down, relax, maximize her self-esteem without any effort, and catch up on the gossip around town. Regardless of the location, this exists everywhere. What makes Eudora Welty’s play, “Petrified Man” so intriguing is her ability to define her views of a Mississippian’s personality as …showed first 75 words of 281 total…

…showed last 75 words of 281 total…upset over hearing the news that the town was beginning to hear about her pregnancy. This over reaction is significant to Welty’s definition because what Mrs. Fletcher failed to realize is that she would begin to show within the next months, and everyone in the town would find out nevertheless. A low intellectual level and over reacting is what Welty accomplished through her definition of a Mississippian’s personality as seen is “Petrified Man”.