What provokes the following response from Higgins? "Would the world ever have been made if its maker had been afraid of making trouble? Making life means making trouble. There's only one way of escaping trouble; and that's killing things. Cowards, you notice, are always shrieking to have troublesome people killed." He is defending himself for "making trouble" for Liza. He is accusing Liza of being a coward. He is defending his temper and tendency toward violence. He is railing against the cowardice of Freddy.

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5 November, 18:43

What provokes the following response from Higgins? "Would the world ever have been made if its maker had been afraid of making trouble? Making life means making trouble. There's only one way of escaping trouble; and that's killing things. Cowards, you notice, are always shrieking to have troublesome people killed." He is defending himself for "making trouble" for Liza. He is accusing Liza of being a coward. He is defending his temper and tendency toward violence. He is railing against the cowardice of Freddy.

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Raquel Gill · Answer 1

This is based on "Pygmalion" that was written by George Bernard Shaw. Based on the given response above, I can say that what provokes this from Higgins is that he is railing against the cowardice shown by Freddy. The answer to this would be the last option.