Answer: C) balance the bad with the good in Denmark .
Step-by-step explanation:
As Hamlet faces the death of his father, his uncle Claudius prepares to marry his late brother's wife, Gertrude.
Hamlet clearly sees that this marriage is not a right thing to do, and states that:
''She married:— O, most wicked speed, to post
With such dexterity to incestuous sheets!''
However, Claudius tries to make this awkward situation better, and to somehow balance the sorrow for his brother' death and the joy of getting married. He, logically, fails to do so, as it is completely unnatural to marry one's former sister-in-law. Claudius uses contradictory phrases in his speech, such as “defeated joy” ,“an auspicious and a dropping eye”, etc. What Shakespeare wanted to accomplish with pairing the opposites is to emphasize how immoral Claudius is.