Devotion is a primary theme in Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. Catherine Earnshaw shows the most devotion in this novel. She befriends Heathcliff when he joins the Earnshaw family, even though at first she was a little jealous because Mr. Earnshaw favored him. Catherine and Heathcliff play all the time as children, fall in love, and remain in love secretly despite their differences in both appearance and class. `"Ill not lie there by myself: they may bury me twelve feet deep, and throw the church down over me, but I won't rest until you are with me. I never will!"' This quote serves as a basis for analysis of Catherine's sense of allegiance to Heathcliff. Catherine does have a tendency to be selfish and manipulative but there are many instances in the novel that prove her devotion to Heathcliff is true and enduring.

Catherine's love and devotion...