Set design is an element of tone directly related to a stage production. By means of the set design, we help the audience situate on the right setting (place and time) for the development of the story.
For example, if we performed Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet in a supermarket and the characters were wearing everyday clothes, probably the audience would get confused. We need to put the characters in context and that is the function of the set design.
Odysseus. Athena is scolding Odysseus for questioning whether the avengers can be put off. Odysseus is scolding Telemachus for questioning Athena's help. Odysseus is justifying his purifying the house with smoke.