She's Come Undone Allusions and Cultural References

Literary and Philosophical References

• John Keats, "Ode on a Grecian Urn" (3.92)
• William Shakespeare, Hamlet (8.83)
• Lady Macbeth (9.54)
• Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre (10.20)
• Jacqueline Susann, Valley of the Dolls (12.2, 12.81)
• William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet (14.3)
• Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet (19.121)
• Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter (20.143)
• Michel de Montaigne, Essays (24.63)
• Rene Descartes (25.15)
• Henry David Thoreau, Walden (25.24)
• Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man in the Sea (28.41)

Historical References

• Dwight Eisenhower (1.1)
• Richard Nixon (1.1; 14.84; 15.1)
• Anne Frank (3.16; 12.65)
• Neil Armstrong (9.38; 25.128)
• Queen Elizabeth (10.16)
• Antonín Dvořák (17.183)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (17.183)
• Watergate (18.20)
• Edgar Degas (19.104)
• Amedeo Modigliani (19.104)
• Vincent van Gogh, Starry Night (19.104)
• Gerald Ford (20.30)
• Jimmy Carter (20.30)
• Grover Cleveland (25.156)
• Ronald Reagan (26.10)
• Ayatollah Khomeini (26.62)

Pop Culture References

• Queen for a Day (1.8, 1.48)
• Your Hit Parade (1.10)
• The $64,000 Question (1.12, 1.15)
• Tic Tac Dough (1.12)
• Winner Take All (1.12)
• Lucille Ball and Ricky Ricardo (1.34)
• The Edge of Night (1.51; 3.20; 7.6)
• Dr. Kildare (2.7, 2.61; 3.20)
• Ben Casey (2.7)
• Shelley Fabares, "Johnny Angel" (2.7)
• The Rockettes (2.7)
• Jackie Kennedy (2.8; 12.93)
• Richard Chamberlain (2.65)
• Jack LaLanne (3.3)
• Bonanza (3.27)
• Rawhide (3.27)
• Perry Como (3.30)
• The Lennon Sisters (3.32)
• The Four Seasons (3.43)
• Art Linkletter (3.65)
• Search for Tomorrow (3.91; 8.84; 18.20)
• The Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show (4.1)
• Marilyn Monroe (4.31; 6.224; 15.1)
• Lana Turner (4.109)
• Dolores del Rio (throughout Chapter 5)
• Rolling Stones (5.13)
• As the World Turns (5.53)
• A Hard Day's Night (5.71)
• Mary Poppins (5.71)
• Jack Benny (5.75)
• Elvis Presley (6.208; 10.45; 19.103; 24.119)
• The Beatles (6.208)
• My Three Sons (7.35)
• The Mod Squad (8.6, 8.42; 11.127)
• Guiding Light (8.38)
• Petticoat Junction (8.38)
• Merv Griffin (8.42)
• The Newlywed Game (8.74)
• Laugh-In (8.97)
• Hair (9.1)
• Carol Burnett (9.54; 11.196)
• Princess Grace (9.91)
• Cinderella (9.93; 22.23; 25.97)
• Snoopy (10.16; 14.46)
• Dear Abby (10.38)
• Howdy Doody (11.1; 15.1)
• The Beatles, "Lady Madonna" (11.2)
• Billie Holiday (11.56; 15.14; 25.123)
• Woodstock (11.101)
• Yoko Ono (11.110)
• Jeopardy (11.111; 14.44)
• The Dixie Cups, "Chapel of Love" (11.153)
• Elsie the Cow (11.155)
• Mr. Potato Head (11.227)
• Ironside (12.64)
• The Temptations (13.12)
• The Shirelles (13.12)
• James Brown (13.12)
• Diana Ross (13.12)
• Aretha Franklin, "Respect " (13.16, 13.47; 15.38)
• Robert Mitchum (13.31)
• West Side Story (14.3)
• The Beverly Hillbillies (14.43)
• Paul McCartney (14.100)
• The Beatles, Abbey Road (14.102)
• John Lennon (14.102)
• Joni Mitchell (14.183)
• The Four Tops (15.1)
• Dionne Warwick (15.4)
• Raggedy Ann (15.6)
• The Jolly Green Giant (15.6)
• Marlo Thomas (15.8)
• The Association, "Cherish" (15.21)
• The Three Stooges (15.59)
• Jiminy Cricket (16.24)
• Maverick (17.26)
• Mike Douglas (19.103)
• Archie Bunker (19.104)
• Santana, Abraxus (19.104)
• Charlie's Angels (20.21; 22.23)
• Jim Morrison (20.203)
• The Young and the Restless (21.68)
• Sesame Street (21.193)
• Captain Kangaroo (21.194)
• Rod Stewart (22.96)
• I Love Lucy (23.24)
• Deliverance (24.37)
• Days of Our Lives (24.80)
• The Waltons (24.80)
• Porky Pig (24.119)
• Casey Kasem (25.12)
• Mia Farrow (25.27)
• Barbie and Ken (25.46)
• Gomer Pyle (25.270)
• Helen Keller (25.277)
• Mel Brooks (26.8)
• Body Heat (26.33)
• Kathleen Turner and William Hurt (26.33)
• The Dukes of Hazzard (26.47)
• Hollywood Squares (26.51)
• Hawaii Five-O (26.51)
• The Patty Duke Show (26.51)
• Smurfs (26.61)
• Dallas (26.62)
• The Twilight Zone (26.82)
• Three's Company (26.82)
• Johnny Carson (26.82)
• M*A*S*H (26.82)
• Battlestar Galactica (26.84)
• Joanie Loves Chachi (26.84)
• Bewitched (26.84)
• Good Morning America (26.87)
• As the World Turns (26.88)
• That's Incredible (26.88)
• Dr, Who (26.88)
• Phil Donahue (26.88)
• Richard Simmons (26.98)
• Michael Jackson (27.2)
• Boy George (27.21)
• Bob Seger, "Against the Wind" (27.146; 27.157)
• Bruce Springsteen (27.146)
• The Eagles, "Life in the Fast Lane" (27.292)