Introduction In this critical essay, I will concentrate on two authors and their works revolving around the concept of marriage as an institution. Firstly, I will argue how Charlotte Perkins Gilbert's book, "The Yellow Wallpaper," which was written in 1899 after the failure of her first marriage, was based on her own personal experiences with depression and the unbearable results of the medical therapy that was used to "cure  her "affliction." In Gilman's own words, "The Yellow Wallpaper" was written to  save people from going crazy  (Gilman, 1935). In regards to Nawal El Saadawi's book, "God Dies by the Nile," I will attempt to argue how women are casualties of a patriarchal class system that is secured by Socio-politics, religion and matrimony. I will talk about how her novel critiques the patriarchal class system by revealing to the reader an evil characteristic that uses rape and destruction on women who decline to espouse the patriarchal class system. For as El Sawaadi writes, "In society, one finds it impossible to remove religion from politics, nor to remove sex from politics. the issue of politics, religion and sex, is a very sensitive matter in all societies" (El Saadawi, 1980). Charlotte Perkins Gilman and "The Yellow Wallpaper" Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper" was penned during a time of intense transformation. At the beginning of the nineteenth century, "household philosophy" placed middle class females as the mystical and ethical leaders of the household. These distinct role values prescribed to the idea that a female's place was in the personal realms of a home and that they were to perform the duties of a wife and mother. In contrast, Men were the rulers of the community via politics, occupation and financial responsibility. This thought process began to change in the middle of the nineteenth century with the beginnings of the idea of women's rights and by the end of the nineteenth century feminist movements were gathering impetus and calling for change. The idea of the "New Woman" started to spread during the 1880's as women began to seek roles beyond their household duties which would utilize their intellect and abilities. Charlotte Gilman's writings called for an amending of the responsibilities of women, as she believed that women were entitled to be equal with men when it came to things such as, politics, economics and social status. In Gilman's novel "Women and Economics,"(1898), she contended that women should endeavor to find employment away from the home. In this book, she also