The Decameron, by Boccaccio, is a frame story written in the mid-14th century. Around a hundred stories are told over ten days. On the second day, a man tells the story of a princess, Alatiel, who was sent to marry a king. Before Alatiel reaches her destination, she has sexual experiences with many different men. Alatiel is treated like an object and allows this objectification to happen because she is so fickle and does nothing to stop the men. Alatiel's fickleness and treatment of him as an object is evident throughout the story. The story begins by describing Alatiel as an object when his father, the Sultan of Babylon, promises his hand to the King of the Algarve (48). Alatiel has no say in who she marries. Instead, she is a gift from her father to the King of the Algarve. Alatiel accompanies Pericone but his brother, Marato also wants the princess. Marato takes Alatiel and "a large part of Pericone's precious possessions"; to the ship on which they leave (52). This phrase implies that Alatiel is one of Pericone's possessions. Alatiel is once again treated like property while on the ship. Two men think that "his love could be shared like a commodity or money"; (52). Once arriving at a new destination, the prince of Morea seeks “a means of possessing it”; (53). He does not and cannot win her love because they do not speak the same language. However, this does not mean ...