Because you like Edward Fairfax Rochester in Jane Eyre
Good-natured, sensitive, and introspective, Mason is on a lifelong path to finding himself. See them in Boyhood.
Michael Bluth is the only sane person in a family of eccentrics. At least, that's how he thinks of himself. See them in Arrested Development.
Bobby Singer is a redneck ghost hunter, but all he wants to do is retire to the junk yards of South Dakota. See them in Supernatural.
Quinn Fabray can become a monster when there is something she wants. See them in Glee.
Sophie Sheridan is a proud and independent woman who hardly ever looks before she leaps. See them in Mamma Mia!.
A contemptuous aristocrat, Violet Crawley is unafraid to exert her authority and voice her opinions, no matter how harsh they are. See them in Downton Abbey.
Deadpool thinks life is an endless series of train wrecks with only brief commercial-like breaks of happiness. See them in Deadpool.
There's nothing like discovering dear old dad is a serial killer to send you into an (understandable) funk. See them in Hannibal.
A compassionate medical student, Martha Jones has found a Doctor she can really look up to. See them in Doctor Who.
Cady Heron is the new girl in town who's also new to the world of high school, period. See them in Mean Girls.
Jason Bourne is suffering amnesia, but considering what he's done as a CIA assassin, maybe that's for the best. See them in The Bourne Identity.