Because you like Stephen Dedalus in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
A cursed pirate captain, Barbossa is greedy, vengeful, and surprisingly cheeky. See them in Pirates of the Caribbean: the Curse of the Black Pearl.
Kathryn Merteuil may be a vain sociopath, but you won't be able to look away. See them in Cruel Intentions.
Wanderer is a Soul, a parasite sent into a host to take over their body, extracting information from them and colonizing their species. See them in The Host.
It is a truth universally acknowledged that Elizabeth Bennet doesn't suffer fools or prideful men. See them in Pride & Prejudice.
An undercover DEA agent, Max Payne is too focused on avenging the past to plan for the future. See them in Max Payne.
Chicken resterauntier by day and drug overlord by night, Gus Fring doesn't let the stress of living a double life get to him. See them in Breaking Bad.
Ultron is security software turned evil mastermind. See them in Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Although Thomas Sharpe is an English baronet, he doesn't have a Shilling to his name. He's in America to sell his invention and marry rich. See them in Crimson Peak.
If Lisbeth Salander can hurt a bastard who deserves it by digging up stuff about him, she feels good. See them in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
