That could give them an air of fictionality, allowing others to empathize with them or even support them without harming their self-image.

这会让人们对他们产生虚构感，进而同情甚至支持他们，而不会损害到人们的自我形象。

In other words, tragedy induces a self-consciousness of fictionality, of the productivity of illusion and imitation.

换句话说，悲剧引发了一种虚构的自我意识，一种幻觉和模仿的生产力。