There is definitely some tragedy to him, but for me I really read him as kind of fundamentally parasitic and unpleasant, obviously theres him borrowing money and dodging the debts until his associate kills himself, but also him belittling his son reciting poetry but then also stealing one of the lines for himself to try and use for more pity and sympathy, he never really seems to offer much empathy towards anyone else, but his tragedy is that he doesn't have the stomach like the true elite of just not feeling guilt about it, he still feels guilt both for his own actions and humanity in general, but seems to lack any capacity to actually be considerate towards others in order to alleviate that guilt.
It's an interesting different read on it though, I felt just completely sure that the film was mocking his despair and self pitying.
Well yeah but thats obviously not an option for Democrats.