Reading through these stories in the Decameron I came across the first day, third story the story of Melchisedech a Jew and Saladin who is trying to set him up. This story I believe really reflects the theme of love throughout the whole story on multiple people. Throughout the story the father who is growing old is forced choose who to leave his ring to, which in turn means whoever is left with the ring is the true heir and honored as the head of the family by all others. The father though, having 3 sons was forced to pick his favorite and leave the ring in his possession to claim the inheritance. The father loving his three sons equally could not choose who to leave his ring to, so he had two other rings made identical to the real ring, making the ring so identical you cannot tell which is the real one. As the father was dying the three sons came to claim their inheritance, all showing there rings to prove they were the true heir. As they saw they all had a ring they were all very confused, but without any fight they all accept that they were all heir. They left it undecided as to who the real heir was, never to this day finding out who had the real ring. They all just accept that they had a ring, never to find out who actually had the real one. I believe the theme of love is first indicated by the dying father, as he love all his sons equally he wants to please them all, and does so by making all believe they are the true heir. And again by the three sons who all are willing to accept being heir alongside there other brothers.