Why did the Spanish & English settle in the Caribbean in the 15th & 16th centuries?

The first attempt at colonization was made on Roanoke Island on the coast of North America in 1585, by Sir Walter Raleigh. The settlement did not last, and England will not have any tentative exploration and colonization in the Americas until 1604, after the peace  with Spain.

 In 17th century, Great Britain established the first empire, which had its center in the western hemisphere, ie the Caribbean islands and North America.Settling down in the Caribbean was holding Empire strategic naval superiority.It began with the establishment of tobacco plantations in the West Indies and religious colonies located along the coast of North America.

To become a great power, a country must meet three conditions or criteria. First, countries must be the neighbors of worldwide oceans, on considerable length and have access to oceans by an opened sea. Second,countries must  not have powerful neighbors in the immediate vicinity. Finally, they have to have a naval capacity and high military potential of the sea fleet. All these three criteria were met by Britain. Geographic position of this country, combined with its naval force, have secured for Britain the role of world power that it held so long. Both acquisition and especially the preservation of the British Empire, were dependent on ensuring control over the oceans.

Why were the Jews separated according to men and women in the concentration camps??

There are very few pictures taken inside nazi concentration camps while they were actively engaged in the business of mass murder. There is one book of photographs, however, taken by an SS officer, called the Auschwitz Album. It shows the initial selection process as the men, women and children were emptied from the cattle cars onto the ground at the Auschwitz concentration and death camp in Poland.

Look at the pictures at the link below, if you can stand to. You will clearly see that the first separation was made as follows: all able-bodied men, men who could at least be made to work for a while, were put into one long column. All other people (about three quarters of all who arrived): women, children, old men and the sick were forced into another colum. Most of those people were herded away to be gassed and burned.

The few women who were deemed healthy enough to work or usable for some other purposes, survived under unspeakably terrible conditions. Most of them didn't survive long and died of illness and/or starvation... or worse.

What do you think is the main message, or theme, of this story? Consider what the swim through the tunnel means to Jerry and why Jerry no longer...

Concerning Lessing's "Through the Tunnel," you should be cautious if you're looking for a cliche or a one-liner that tells the reader how to live life.  Fables and other kinds of literature do that, but sophisticated contemporary literature usually does not.  Life is more ambiguous than that, and sophisticated literature usually reflects that.

Theme in "Through the Tunnel" relates to the ideas raised.

First, the issues of parental control and protection and a child's independence are raised.  Jerry is apparently a little overprotected at the beginning of the story and his mom knows this.  The mother struggles with trying to give Jerry some freedom, and Jerry struggles with trying to be independent.

Second, Jerry's self-determination is featured.  He is immature at the beginning of the story, but grows tremendously during the course of the plot.  He trains himself in order to swim through the tunnel, and succeeds in doing so.  He accomplishes his goal in spite of great physical obstacles.  He has grown up.

In the resolution, Jerry is no longer interested in going to the bay because he no longer needs to.  He accomplished what he needed to, and proved what he needed to.

What is the principle of homogeneity of dimensional equation ?Posted question is related with - Research Methodology

The principle of homogeneity is that the dimensions of each the terms of a dimensiional equation on both sides are the same .

Any equation or formula  involving dimensions (like  mass, length, time , temperature electricity) have the terms with same dimensions. This helps us, therefore, to convert the  units in one sytem to another system.

This also helps us to check a formula or the involvement of the dimensions in a formula.

Example : It is conjectured that time of the period of the oscillation of a pendulum  is dependent on its mass,  length   and the acceleration  due to gravity.

So time = some constant K*(mass of the pendulum)^a*(length l of the the pendulum)^b* (acceleration due to gravity g)^c.Or

T = K*m^a*l^b*g^c. Dimensionally this is like:

[T] = [M]^a* [L]^b*[L*T^-2]^c.

Comparing the powers of each dimensions on both sides,(K being dimensionles), we get:

T: 1 = -2c. Therefore, c =-1/2

M: 0 = a. Therefore, a =0

L:  0 = b+2c. Therefore, b =-2c = -1. So the formula for the period T of the pendulum is :

T = K* m^0*L^(1/2)* g^(-1/2) = K*(l/g)^(1/2).

Can anyone help me on my project about Cupid??i'm in the outstanding figures and i have to do the present about the character that i like and i...

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The mythological orgins of Cupid go back to Greek but mostly Roman times, yet, Cupid himself has received titles ranging from angel, to fairy, to demon, to ghost, entity, god, demi god, semi god, seraphim, and as the god of love which is not accurate.

The best we know about this chubby lovable is that in the Theogony of Hesiod, Cupid is the son of Chaos and Earth. Some other times he is the baby of Venus and Jupiter, and other times he is the son if the goddess of the night *Nyx* and Eberous.

Cupid is witty doing both good and evil. If you remember, the earlier versions of cartoons depicting Cupid show a truth to the original myth that he is in fact a trouble maker, and that one arrow is the antidote to another, which is why he has to carry more than one. Hence, he can bring out any intense emotion, both hatred to be combatted by the arrow of love, and vice versa.

The novel Metaphorphoses by Apuleius gives us the coolest tale of Cupid in Cupid and Psyche. Psyche was Cupid's true and first real love, as he pricked himself with his own arrow, falling in love with her to the anger of Venus.Finally, with the intervention of daddy Jupiter Venus left Psyche alone and the myth was born.

Cupid is marketed nowadays much similarly to the Victorian Santa Claus, which means it had a religious subtletly of character, this time exemplified by his "angelic" looks.

Every since its first marketing, it has remained looking the same way (something quite unique to many icons which change with social changes) but nevertheless, as popular as ever.

Describe Nora and Torvald's relationship in A Doll's House.

Nora and Torvald do not have an equal partnership in their marriage. Torvald would never consider Nora his equal. He calls her silly little nicknames, scolds her like a child, and views her as his possession.

Torvald feels as if he should have the right to limit her intake of sweets, and chastises her when she cheats. He calls her a spendthrift, and she must beg for money for things.

Nora performs for Torvald at his request, as if she is an entertainer and not a wife. Nora has a secret that is causing her great anguish. Nora does not want to get into "trouble" with Torvald over a forgery that was needed to save his life. She struggles with this secret, and instinctively knows he will not tolerate her transgression.

Once the truth is out, Nora realizes she does not want to be in the type of marriage she is in, and walks away from it, leaving him stunned. Torvald would never have thought her capable of it. He thought she would have to live with whatever type of reaction he chose to have.

I have my point of view of what is happening in Death of a Salesman. I was wanting to hear someone else's point of view.

From your question, I'm not sure if you are asking about the plot, character, or theme.  Since the other responses focused primarily on theme, perhaps you might want more on plot.  Of course, the e-notes plot summaries are excellent for this type of information.

But, I'd like to give you my take on Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman.  The play begins with a domestic scene--a tired man coming home from an unproductive day at work.  His loving wife attempts to console him and reassure him.  Willy's sons are also home, and what should be a happy scene becomes tense as Willy vacillates in his views of Biff, calling him a prince one minute and a lazy bum the next.  Biff's views of his father are also complex, and he is contemptuous of his father's mumblings and suicide attempts.  As Happy and Biff reminisce about old times and share their feelings about the present, we soon learn that Happy is a flagrant philanderer and Biff is a drifter.  Both think they are capable of much more.

So, with this setting, Miller shows us the past.  We gain an understanding of the past through Willy's flashbacks. As much as Willy would like to suppress these memories, they continually emerge to haunt him.  We see such flashbacks as Willy's focus on the young Biff and his neglect of Happy; Ben's visit to the family, full of bravado and intimidation; the young Biff treating the girls rough and stealing; and finally Willy's infidelity that Biff uncovered.

So we see clearly how the past affects the present family situation.  And yet, we see how the family clings to those same beliefs and values that caused the problems in the first place.  Willy cannot let go of the fact that Biff will be the success that he himself had been unable to be.  And Biff has a difficult time untangling himself from this expectation of him as well.  Happy feeds into it by suggesting a proposition that deep down each probably knows will fail:  the Loman brothers' sports-line, to be financed by a man Biff briefly worked for and stole from.  We learn that the Lomans are still chasing pipe dreams and are each failing miserably.  Willy is fired from his job, Biff is brushed off by his old boss, Happy is stuck in a low-level management job, not likely to advance.

So, much of the play is uncovering why the Lomans are dysfunctional, how the past affects the present, how unrealistic expectations can lead to disillusionment, and how illusions about self, family, society can converge to create failure on multiple levels.