The fourth section serves as an assessment of the mood in the room. The last section is the response of Antinous, leader of the suitors, to Telemachus' speech. We begin with the shift of attention from Penelope to the suitors. The behavior of the suitors, the previous scene with Penelope, and the influence of Athena inspired Telemachus' speech. In the previous scene she has just witnessed her mother's pain as a reaction to hearing a song that reminded her of her husband, Telemachus' father, who has yet to return from the Trojan War. Filled with compassion for his mother (and with the help of Athena) Telemachus tries to get rid of the suitors who try to woo his mother because they are not only a daily reminder that Odysseus has not returned, but they are also a present danger. His “serious words” support the idea that he is trying to take control as the man of the house (v. 361). In the previous passage the narrator refers to Penelope's "[astonishment]" after Telemachus