Does Steve Jobs Have A Tragic Flaw?

Is Steve Jobs a tragic hero?

Wiki says,

Aristotle once said that "A man doesn't become a hero until he can see the root of his own downfall." An Aristotelian tragic hero must have four characteristics:

1. Nobility (of a noble birth) or wisdom (by virtue of birth).
2. Hamartia (translated as flaw, mistake, or error, NOT an Elizabethan tragic flaw).
3. A reversal of fortune(peripetia) brought about because of the hero's Hamartia.
4. The discovery or recognition that the reversal was brought about by the hero's own actions (anagnorisis).

Some other common traits characteristic of a tragic hero:

• Hero must suffer more than he deserves.
• Hero must be doomed from the start, but bear no responsibility for possessing his flaw.
• Hero must be noble in nature, but imperfect so that the audience can see themselves in him.
• Hero must have discovered his fate by his own actions, not by things happening to him.
• Hero must see and understand his doom, as well as the fact that his fate was discovered by his own actions.
• Hero's story should arouse fear and empathy.
• Hero must be physically or spiritually wounded by his experiences, often resulting in his death.
• Ideally, the hero should be a king or leader of men, so that his people experience his fall with him.
• The hero must be intelligent so he may learn from his mistakes.

A tragic hero usually has the following sequence of "Great, Good, Flaw, Recognition, Downfall."

A tad scary to consider, but appropriate, with just over 10 days until the release of the much-hyped (perhaps all-time most-hyped) iPhone, as well as this lengthy and perhaps flawed profile of Mr. Jobs in New York Magazine. The similarities between Steve-o and Aristotle’s conception of the “Tragic Hero” are striking, especially at this point in the Apple CEO’s life and career. Will the iPhone be the downfall of this great man? Will his insistence on control and unflinching devotion to his corporate and product philosophy lead to his demise, and to the destruction of Apple?

Nah. Everybody knows that Aristotle is full of crap.

Seriously. Everybody.