Dolores in the dream sequence is depicted as having her back hollowed out and ashen. In this aspect bears a strange resemblance to the Skogsra or Huldra or Norwegian folklore: beautiful forest trolls whose backs resembled hollowed out trunks that seduced men into marrying them. If their men abused them they would however, wreak vengeance on the men, or revert to an ugly form. This may be a foreshadow for Dolores’ mental breakdown being related to Teddy’s alcoholism and the implied mental and verbal abuse she suffered at his hands as a result.
