Sure he had been through a nasty divorce and lost his house, but he still made enough that I am sure he could have found his own place where he wouldn't have had to deal with Hyacinth daily. His childish fear of Hyacinth did get annoying at times.
shareBut I think lot of it was Emmett just joking around and enjoying siring Hyacinth.
shareOf course, he had to live with Elizabeth for plot reasons (they couldn't have used the character as much as they did, if he didn't live next door to Hyacinth). But also, I believe that he and Elizabeth needed each other's support in life. It was implied that her marriage was unhappy as well, and it seems like her husband never came home from where he worked. So it made sense that Emmet stayed with her instead, when he ended up divorced and lost his house. And in the same show, Rose also lives with her sister, brother-in-law and father.
It used to be very common too in the 19th century, that two or more adult siblings lived together. It is only during the 20th century, when people started to value indepedence in a way, that had not been socially acceptable before, that it became more and more unusual.
Intelligence and purity.
Emmett wasn't in the first season remember? Not that it wasn't funny much of the time, I just think at times they made the character too wimpy. Often running and hiding at the sight of Hyacinth and afraid she was going to sing at him. Elizabeth didn't act like that.
sharePeople lacked the financial resources in earlier times for everybody to have their own place. Only when did the world go to government stimulation of the economy and uncoupling from gold and silver did people have money to have their own. But even that has a cost as many people have little in the way of free time. That everybody catches up so the advantage of more square footage fades. It's like a Monopoly game where at some point all the players round past GO so the feeling of an upper hand can fade in an instance. As to Emmett I believed his divorce and career left him with little financially.
sharehe probably likes living with his sister. And I expect she likes having him there. and perhaps he is saving up to buy somewhere of his own. His fear of Hyacinth is absurdly exaggerated, but then so is Elizabeth's and everyone else's. it does get on my nerves at times.
shareLiving with his sister must have been nice. He lived in a clean home with his clothes washed and his meals cooked. All that and no husbandly duties to perform. Sweet deal, really.
shareWell that aside, I don't have a problem with this arrangement at all. I mean, hell, why not? They're helping each other, they're family, siblings, and living together certainly didn't impede either of their independence. They both maintained their private lives, but had each other for company.
Not to mention, as far as Hyacinth goes, now Liz has someone else to talk to about the trials and tribulations of living next door to her, someone who gets it and can share in the frustrations. She isn't alone.
Seems perfectly reasonable to me. Why be alone if you don't have to be?
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Well that aside, I don't have a problem with this arrangement at all. I mean, hell, why not? They're helping each other, they're family, siblings, and living together certainly didn't impede either of their independence. They both maintained their private lives, but had each other for company.
Not to mention, as far as Hyacinth goes, now Liz has someone else to talk to about the trials and tribulations of living next door to her, someone who gets it and can share in the frustrations. She isn't alone.
Seems perfectly reasonable to me. Why be alone if you don't have to be?
Emmet is very much exaggerated, much more than the other regulars. I often wish on that they had toned him down a bit. But I guess that he's meant to be a sensitive artistic person, who was deeply scarred by an unfair and terrible divorce. And now he has to live next door to a bombastic woman, who is prone to driving people crazy with all her antics. So I guess that it's no wonder that he reacted so strongly.
shareI hated Emmett. He was freaking annoying himself.
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