How does Orlando save Oliver's life in the Forest of Arden In William Shakespeare s - play As You Like It Orlando and Oliver are brothers Oliver has always treated Orlando badly He even planned to kill him However everything changes in the Forest of Arden when Orlando saves Oliver from a snake and a lioness Snake and Lioness One day Orlando is walking through the forest when he sees a man sleeping under a tree A snake is coiled around his neck ready to bite him Orlando moves closer and the snake quickly goes away But under the same tree there is also a hungry lioness hiding in the bushes The lioness is waiting to attack the sleeping man When Orlando looks at the man's face he is shocked it is his own brother Oliver At first Orlando thinks about leaving him there because of all the terrible things