“Sampson… Ay, the heads of the maids, or the heads of their maidenheads, take it in what sense thou wilt…”
Here Sampson is treating them again but with physical violence. He wants to be powerful.
Sampson also threats them by acting in a rude way.
“…I do bite my thumb sir…”
Here he is “biting his thumb” as a sign of rudeness and disrespectful.
Abram is being provocated by Sampson and Gregory. Benvolio enters and then they fight. Benvolio then stops the fight.
“…Part fools!, put your swords, you know not what to do”…
Tybalt enters, Tybalt threats Benvolio with killing him, but Benvolio suggests to stop the fight.
“… I do but keep the peace. Put thy sword, or manage it to part these men with me…”
Tybalt doesn’t agree with him, he is a sign of malice and evil. Tybalt is very impatient and unpredictable.
“… What drawn and talk of peace? ... I hate the word, as I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee. Have at thee coward…”
Tybalt is showing here malice and power, he is very confident of himself, of what he is doing. Benvolio wants to stop the fight but Tybalt wants to fight, as sign of power and strength.
Old Capulet and his wives enter, followed by old Montague and his wife, and finally the prince enters with his train.
The prince gives a threatening speech about how is the right way to behave, he gives a long speech, and everybody listens as the prince threats them.
“… Your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace, for this time all the rest depart away…”
The prince threats them with killing them, if they don’t keep the peace between each other they will have to pay with their lives. The Capulet and the Montague never agree with each other so they are never in peace and the prince realises that.
“…Three civil brawls, bred of an airy word, by thee, old Capulet and Montague, have thrice disturbed the quiet of our streets…”
The prince shows that he is not happy about them fighting all the time, so he has to do something that will scare them, so they stop doing it, so he threats the with killing them.
