Edna began to feel like one who awakens gradually out of a dream, a delicious, grotesque, impossible dream, to feel again the realities pressing into her soul. which best explains the connotation conveyed by the author’s use of both "delicious" and "grotesque" in the sentence? edna is torn between the past and the future; the past disgusts her, while the possible future delights her. edna is realistic about her life; she sees her reality as one that has both good and bad qualities. edna is conflicted; she is both disgusted and delighted by the changes taking place inside her. edna is determined; she knows that she can overcome negative fantasies by embracing the positive in her life.