Why do some people protest against Christopher Columbus being seen as a hero? 25 POINTS!!!

Read the excerpt below and answer the question. and i live on, but in grief and self-contempt, left here without the light i loved so much, in a great tempest and with shrouds unkempt. no more love songs, then, i have done with such; my old skill now runs thin at each attempt, and tears are heard within the harp i touch. (lines 9-14) which of the lines, taken from the sestet shown above, is the volta?

The segments shown below could form a triangle.

Which of the following was a similarity between classical mesoamerican and south american civilizations ?