Because you like Basil Hallward in Dorian Gray

Victor Frankenstein can create life, so he's pretty awesome if he says so himself. See them in Frankenstein.

Nick Carraway is the perfect observer: always there for the events, but never too involved. See them in The Great Gatsby.

Sometimes being a supportive girlfriend like Ophelia doesn't work out too well. See them in Hamlet.

Ofelia is face-to-face with the deadliest creatures of the underworld and completely unafraid. See them in Pan's Labryinth.

Macbeth was probably named "Most Likely to Kill His Rivals" in his senior yearbook. See them in Macbeth.

Klaus Baudelaire's photographic memory saves the lives of his siblings many times over. See them in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events.

Peter Kavinsky is a jock who only cares about getting back at his ex, or so he says. See them in To all The Boys I've Loved Before.

Popular jock Andrew Clark is pretty bizarre. He's just better at hiding it, that's all. See them in The Breakfast Club.

Christine Palmer is a great surgeon and an even better friend. See them in Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Liesel Meminger is trying to ease the suffering of those around her, German and Jew alike. See them in The Book Thief.

A poised, stately man-out-of-time, Ichabod Crane typically faces the modern world with wry quip. See them in Sleepy Hollow.