") ▁as ▁exception ally ▁brave ▁and ▁resource ful , ▁while ▁seeing ▁the ▁Germ ans ▁as ▁in e pt ▁and ▁cow ard ly . ▁ ▁Main w aring ' s ▁character ▁fla ws , ▁however , ▁are ▁presented ▁in ▁a ▁com ical ▁rather ▁than ▁a ▁spite ful ▁manner ▁and ▁there ▁is ▁often ▁a ▁sympath etic ▁sub text ▁to ▁his ▁own ▁personal ▁neu ros es ; ▁it ▁is ▁apparent ▁several ▁times ▁that ▁he ▁dev otes ▁his ▁energ ies ▁to ▁his ▁Home ▁Guard ▁unit ▁for ▁a ▁sense ▁of ▁com r ades hip ▁and ▁purpose ▁lack ing ▁in ▁other ▁parts ▁of ▁his ▁life , ▁such ▁as ▁his ▁career ▁and ▁marriage . ▁On ▁one ▁occasion ▁when ▁his ▁men ▁sp urn ed ▁a ▁para de ▁to ▁play ▁d arts ▁against ▁the ▁AR P ▁he ▁expressed ▁bew ilder ment , ▁saying ▁coming ▁to ▁the ▁pl ato on ▁is ▁" the ▁highlight ▁of ▁my ▁day ". ▁It ▁is ▁frequently ▁imp lied ▁that ▁he ▁is ▁tra pped ▁in ▁a ▁lov eless ▁and ▁unh appy ▁marriage ▁to ▁Elizabeth , ▁his ▁un seen ▁wife , ▁who ▁is ▁dom ine ering , ▁ne uro t ic ▁and ▁with hold ing ▁of ▁affection . ▁For ▁example , ▁in ▁the ▁ 6 th ▁series ▁episode ▁ 6 ▁ ▁" If ▁the ▁Cap ▁F its ..." ▁Main w aring ▁reve als ▁he ▁learned ▁to ▁play ▁the ▁bag pip es ▁on ▁his ▁h one ym oon ▁in ▁Scotland ▁because ▁" there ▁was ▁nothing ▁else ▁to ▁do ". ▁ ▁Captain ▁Main w aring ' s ▁home ▁address ▁was ▁ 2