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The researcher´s present work, Romeo and Juliet in the light of Eastern folk-tales is a comparative study of Shekespear´s play---Romeo and Juliet and the eastern folk-tales Hir Ranhja, Sassi Punnu and Sohni Mahinwal. The research interprets that there is relationship between these stories in their style and structure. In this thesis dialectical relations among character, language and action are studied. The researcher has gone to a great deal of pains in collecting and putting together the material for his work. Although the work is on limited scale yet, it is a valuable addition in the field of folk-tales and perhaps the first work on its type. It is hoped that this research will be a gate way of those who want to work on eastern and western folk-tales. This thesis is selected by the National Book Council of Pakistan, in their scheme, "Encouragement and Support to Pakistani creative Publications."

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The researcher, Mr, Ulfat Afzal, was born in 1951. He did his Post Graduation in Education in 1973 from the Institute of Education & Research, Punjab University, Lahore. He served in the research cell of the Punjab Text Book Board, Lahore, Pakistan for 25 years. He has many books in his credit on Homeopathy.

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