In A Tale of Two Cities, Foullon is a real French aristocrat who told the starving citizens of Saint Antoine to eat grass. As a consequence, they decapitated him and stuffed his head with hay. Foullon was not put to justice by the people of Saint Antoine, because the definition of justice was disregarded, petty words affected them, and they took revenge themselves instead of waiting for God to do so. Firstly, the citizens of Saint Antoine did not meet the criteria of ‘justice’ which is defined as, “the quality of being just, impartial, or fair” (Merriam Webster). Foullon likely would not have been murdered in such a brutal way if he had not jeered at them, showing how they were partial and wanted him to suffer for what he said. Second, the
