What Makes a Great Character?

If I were to create a character, I would create my character to be a young girl at about 17 or18 years old. Her name would be Castella Cornwall. My story will be set in 17^th century England, a century when many musicians and writers are gradually becoming prominent. My female character would be someone who has a child to raise but faces some discrimination in society because her husband left her. She would be a short and thin character with long brunette hair that gives people an impression of a frail woman. People do not respect Castella because they all thought her husband left her because she did not take full responsibility of being a wife. Despite other people’s misunderstandings of why her husband left her, Castella chooses to overlook all the gossips and continue her track of becoming a famous writer and giving her child a nice and stable environment to live in. She faced further more hardships when trying to gain her reputation or even just trying to publish her works because women at that time were not considered able to do what men could do. However, Castella kept her ideal and remained determined to achieve her goal. She would be someone who believes in herself and will follow her heart to whatever she thinks is the right action to take. In conclusion, she would be someone who has a totally different character than that of what her looks may give people an impression of.