The audience of Armytage is the young narrator, and the audience of the Ancient Mariner is the wedding guest. The storytellers of "The Ruined Cottage" and "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" are very effective in capturing their audience with their stories. There are two examples to show how effective these storytellers are. The storytellers are so effective at telling their stories that they make their audience's escape from reality. The first example of a storyteller telling an effective story is in "The Ruined Cottage." The young narrator is at his house and this is where he finds his old friend Armytage. Armytage sees how unpleas