And then the justice,
in fair round belly with good capon lined,
with eyes severe and beard of formal cut,
full of wise saws and modern instances;
and so he plays his part.

what do the lines in the above excerpt suggest about men at this stage of life?

a)they are grim.
b)they are difficult.
c)they are shrewd.
d)they are cunning.

I will say  C) shrewd

Explanation:  This stanza is part of a poem "Seven ages of Man" by William Shakespeare. The Poem is about the stages of life - which aren't exactly roles, but more stages of development. The stages are: 1) baby, 2) school 3) lover, 4) soldier/fighter - passionate believing in something, willing to fight, 5) regular worker - stable, formal, comfortable life, 6) old age - the decline, back to weaker state , 7) death - when man is reduced to being like a baby again (helpless, weak) and dies. This particular stanza describes the fifth stage in which a man can work and applies shrewdness to everything he does.