Emotional tributes and alarmist news coverage are now believed to have provided unwitting encouragement, by adding romance to the miserable business of dying young.

• 人们认为，正是当时那些葬礼上动情的致哀词和报纸上危言耸听的报道，通过对悲惨死去的青年的生平进行添油加醋的描述，无意中鼓舞了心存去意的青年。