👉 Sheepmen is a term used in literature and storytelling to describe characters who are portrayed as being physically tied down, confined or controlled by their owners. In many works of fiction, this type of character may be depicted as being dependent on their owners for survival or have little freedom of action. For example, in Shakespeare's "Hamlet," Hamlet is described as a sheepman who has been bound to his wife's estate and subject to her whims, leading him to become an unworthy