Very thought provoking question Capo. I'll give it a different twist. If you are familiar with the Ten Commandments, Michael Corleone broke everyone - except maybe Honor thy Mother and Father. But he did that at the expense of breaking a few others. It shows you that when you break the law, God's and man's, you don't get away with it. He rationalized all his behavior based on protecting his family and not being ruled by other people. How do I sum it up in a theme? Pride.