Because you like Portia in The Merchant of Venice

Esmeralda's street wisdom is unparalleled. See them in The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

Quinn Fabray can become a monster when there is something she wants. See them in Glee.

In charge of stocking the office's supply of cigarettes and liquor, Joan Holloway could run the whole company if they would let her. See them in Mad Men.

C is for cookie, and that's more than good enough for him. See them in Sesame Street.

With an A.I. as loyal and witty as Cortana, who needs humans? See them in Halo.

If anyone can speak truth to power, it's Atticus Finch. With elequent monologues, he forces everyone to face hard truths. See them in To Kill a Mockingbird.

A champion of chivalry, Don Quixote is dutifully bringing good to the world—even when others think he's out of his mind. See them in Don Quixote.

Catherine Linton was once spontaneous and rowdy but ever since marrying the wealthy Edgar, she has morphed into a boiling pot of emotional outbursts. See them in Wuthering Heights.

Although Mako Mori may be small and quiet, she is a core of battle-hardened steel. See them in Pacific Rim.

Driven yet empathetic, Emily Prentiss brings humanity to the pursuit of inhuman killers. See them in Criminal Minds.

Don't ask the ruthless queen of the Tokyo underworld any questions unless you're fine with losing a limb. See them in Kill Bill vol. 1.

Amy Townsend rarely wakes up in the same bed twice. See them in Trainwreck.