"A green and gilded snake had wreathed itself...Into a bush: under which bush's shade a lioness, with udders all drawn dry, lay couching, head on ground, with catlike watch" (IV.iii.64).
I think this play employs unrealistic conventions. Some of the events that occur such as a lion in the middle of the woods attacking Orlando seem just a tad out there. I think one of the major literary devices that separates Othello from As You Like It is that Othello is rooted in logic and As You Like It is more rooted in fantasy. Another couple unrealistic events in the play are that no one recognizes Rosalind as a man and that many characters fall in love at first sight. I think these unrealistic components are what make the play a comedy and what make it satirical. Orlando falling in love with Rosalind when he never even spoke to her and writing her love poems on trees is funny to the reader because it would never happen in real life. I think Shakespeare is using these unrealistic ideas to make the play exciting and keep the reader's attention.
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