In the myth of Icarus these following ideas are correct: The ship sailed on, The farmer continued ploughing and The sun still shone. Ordinary life continues for people even when others are suffering. It also emphasizes how one person's tragedy might not affect someone else and how one might not even notice someones tragedy even if it is right before their eyes.
A) no moon. There would be no light from the sun to reflect off of the part of the moon that we can see because the sun would be on the other side of the moon.