When comparing the theme of commitment in Cousin Kate and Romeo and Juliet they both have include family within each others events, but within Romeo and Juliet both families are very wealthy, then come together which would increase their wealth, whereas within Cousin Kate the narrator comes across as poor due to being a “cottage maiden”, but the Lord is wealthy like the Montagues and Capulets. This shows within Romeo and Juliet there is commitment of love rather than wanting or needing wealth. The narrator is committed to her life as a cottage maiden, and is also committed to the lord as she lost her innocence and might have been “a dove” but he “changed her like a glove” which is a simile which are also featured in parts of Romeo and Juliet.
