Tragic? No. A good man (or woman) held back by the impenetrable opposition of those inferior to himself isn't a tragedy, it is a tale of triumph over adversity, of spirited focus on one's dream, a dream that no blackguards and worms can take away from the dreamer. "...and you to whom adversity has dealt the final blow, with smiling bastards lying to you everywhere you go, turn to and put out all your strength of arm and heart and brain and like the Mary Ellen Carter rise again...  Stan Rogers "The Mary Ellen Carter".  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fhop5VuLDIQ