What might this analogy spoken by King Claudius reveal? "The harlot’s cheek, beautied with plastering art,
Is not more ugly to the thing that helps it
Than is my deed to my most painted word.
The wh*re’s pockmarked cheek made pretty with make-up is just like the ugly actions I’m disguising with fine words."

A.) Claudius shows his confusion by mixing up Laertes' wild activities in Paris with his own (Claudius') crimes.
B.) Claudius is fully aware of the filth of his crime.
C.) Claudius wishes he too could go to Paris, live the wild life and forget this horrific situation he has created.
D.) Claudius enjoys using cunning words to cover ugly actions.