Michael's life was filled with tragedy. But for me to think of him as a tragic figure, I'd have to feel sympathy for him--and I don't. Every bit of tragedy in his life--and the tragedies those around him experienced--were caused by him. He had alternatives to every bad move he made, starting with how he chose to protect his father, and he did the wrong thing every time. I think killing Sol and Mac awoke in Michael a lust for power and control that defined the rest of his life. The real tragedy in his life was his perpetual quest for legitimacy, his pathetic rationales for his criminal ways.

This was summarized brilliantly and succinctly near the beginning of III, when he and Kay have their confrontation. He shouts; "I spent my life protecting my family from the horrors of this world." "But you became my horror," Kay replies.

Your view, Luca?