Originally posted by Cristina's Way:
He had lost sight of the difference between the criminal and the legal. Then in GF3, Michael is haunted by what he had become. He wants to redeem himself; but at every step he again rationalizes and justifies non-redemptive actions. Michael had lost sight of the difference between true atonement (taking responsibility for his actions) and the semblance of atonement (justifiying his actions).
CW, exactly, and as I have just posted in the threat about Did Michael Kill Mary (or something like that) this has all the elements of Greek tragedy. As early as GFII when she leaves Michael Kay tells him he is "blind." He does not accept this truth, and he continues to deny it until the last act of GFIII. By then of course (not without irony) he is literally going blind....in fact one could say that only after he went blind did he "see."
