Because you like Edward Fairfax Rochester in Jane Eyre

Lux Lisbon's flirtatious manner attracts a lot of male attention. She relishes the power that her sexuality grants her. See them in The Virgin Suicides.

Stuck on a lifeboat with zoo animals without food and fresh water, Pi Patel uses his intelligence to face the greatest test of all: survival. See them in Life of Pi.

Tiffany Maxwell wishes people would stop reminding her about her dead husband. See them in Silver Linings Playbook.

Nomi Marks is a brilliant hacker with an open-minded, accepting spirit. See them in Sense8.

Jamal Malik came from humble beginnings in an Indian slub filled with street gangs, but he is destined for bigger things. See them in Slumdog Millionaire.

Whether it's a fire or a pit of lions, there's almost no predicament that Violet Baudelaire can't get her and her siblings out of. See them in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events.

Mr. Robot always seems to know what to do when others are lost. But can he be trusted? See them in Mr. Robot.

Introspective Theodore Twombly would rather observe life than participate in it. See them in Her.

Glenn Rhee somehow never loses his enthusiastic spirit – even in the middle of a zombie apocalypse. See them in The Walking Dead.

Crono may not talk, but this time-traveling hero's heart speaks volumes. See them in Chrono Trigger.

This metal-bending mutant may be misaligned with the genetically normal people of the world, but Magneto's got class for days. See them in X-Men Series.

As Jane Villanueva grapples with a truly unexpected pregnancy, she realizes that her life is "now the stuff of telenovelas." See them in Jane the Virgin.