Because you like D'Artagnan in The Three Musketeers
Tempestuous and talented, Claire Randall is a woman with a passionate heart and a quick mind. See them in Outlander.
Arwen has to choose between a life of loneliness or love and inevitible death, both rather unfortunate options. See them in The Lord of the Rings.
Don't tell anyone Kate Austen was under arrest when the plane crashed. See them in Lost.
Hank McCoy is a quintessential nerdy scientist but with a few rather unconventional physical attributes. See them in X-Men Series.
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.
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.
Part archaeologist, part philosopher, part politician, Jean-Luc Picard is an unashamed intellectual who runs a tight ship. See them in Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Beneath Lena Duchannes' prickly exterior lurks a sensitive, compassionate soul. See them in Beautiful Creatures.