How does the Prologue reflect the fundamental concerns carried throughout Romeo and Juliet?

The Prologue of the drama does a great job of establishing
the exposition to all that follows.  Even the most basic read of the element of
literature is established in this small opening.  Shakespeare is able to maximize the
pinnacle of audience interest, at its outset, in order to clearly establish what is
going to unfold and the fundamental concerns of the drama.  The Prologue establishes the
two warring families in the setting of the play, Verona.  In this, Shakespeare makes
very clear that the tension and warring between both families will form a critical
concern of the play and creates something that will not leave throughout the drama.  The
Prologue also establishes that there is a contradictory tone of love that is brought out
amidst this conflict, setting up the basic tension that will carry the audience from
start to finish.  The contrast of love amidst a background of war is what makes the
drama in the Prologue reflect the fundamental concern that will be present consistently
in the drama.  How does love exist in the midst of intense anger?  How do individuals
seek to rise above the world in which they live?  How can individuals be a part of the
world and yet be distinct from it?  These concerns help to drive the play and are
established in the opening.