Well, I, unfortunately, don't know about either in the question Fortunately, I do know a thing or two (actually, everything) about Greek Mythology.
The story of how Daedalus lost his son had nothing to do with the triumph over the pain of death. Daedalus had a long, horrifyingly sad life of sorrow and pain, even though the old man usually just was trying to do the right thing. After Icarus fell into the sea and died, Daedalus was a wreck, and his life only got worse after that.
Daedalus was in fact, mostly helpless when his son took a header into the ocean. He was quite far behind his son, and could only watch as Icarus fell into the ocean as his wings melted from the heat of the sun and the spray of the sea.
As far as I understood from the myths as well, there weren't "People" around them. They were in the middle of the ocean. Daedalus flew for a LONG time before reaching land again.
However, looking at the painting, it's quite obvious that there WERE people around in this painting (not quite accurate, but oh well) and in fact, nobody could have even cared there was a human with wings taking a header into the sea. Nobody was looking. The focus of the painting wasn't Icarus.
D is incorrect. A is also incorrect.
Now, because I have no knowledge of either the painting or of Ovid's work, I can't give you a definite answer, this is up to you. But your choices come to either B or C.
"<span>It makes the reader aware of the key actors in the unfolding narration" would be the best answer. It's important to establish key characters early on so the reader is confused later. </span>
