Opening with arguments and discord, tempers flaring in the old Montague and Lord Capulet, Act I, Scene 1 of "Romeo and Juliet" rolls out the red carpet of discord that the Prologue has just presented the audience. By the first act's presenting of the motif of antipathy between the families, the infatuation of Romeo for Juliet becomes much more dangerous, fulfilling the Prologue's term of "star-cross'd lovers."
The first act clearly foreshadows discord ahead. Like the hot-tempered Sampson, In Act III Mercutio banters words with Tybalt when the choleric cousin of Juliet appears in the third act. Much like Sampson and Abraham, Mercutio and Tybalt argue and do some posturing as well. Sadly, this behavior gets cared away and Mercutio is slain.
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