▁Ven ice ▁about ▁ 1 5 0 8 . ▁ ▁Ro le ▁in ▁O th ello ▁R oder igo ▁makes ▁his ▁first ▁appearance ▁in ▁Act ▁One , ▁Sc ene ▁One ▁when , ▁as ▁I ago ' s ▁conf eder ate , ▁he ▁r ouses ▁B rab ant io ▁with ▁the ▁news ▁that ▁Des dem ona ▁has ▁el oped ▁with ▁O th ello . ▁In ▁the ▁following ▁scene , ▁he ▁accompan ies ▁B rab ant io ▁to ▁the ▁S ag itt ary ▁where ▁the ▁newly w eds ▁are ▁found . ▁He ▁is ▁present ▁in ▁Act ▁One ▁Sc ene ▁Three ▁when ▁the ▁couple ▁defend ▁their ▁union ▁before ▁the ▁Duke . ▁In ▁Act ▁Two ▁Sc ene ▁One , ▁R oder igo ▁dis emb arks ▁to ▁Cy pr us , ▁and , ▁two ▁scenes ▁later , ▁prov okes ▁the ▁b raw l ▁that ▁results ▁in ▁Cass io ' s ▁dis gra ce . ▁R oder igo ▁next ▁appears ▁in ▁Act ▁Four ▁Sc ene ▁Two ▁where ▁I ago ▁l ures ▁him ▁into ▁a ▁plot ▁to ▁murder ▁Cass io . ▁In ▁Act ▁Five ▁Sc ene ▁One , ▁R oder igo ▁fails ▁to ▁kill ▁Cass io , ▁and ▁is ▁himself ▁wounded ▁in ▁the ▁attempt . ▁I ago ▁disco vers ▁R oder igo ▁and ▁rend ers ▁the ▁coup ▁de ▁grâce . ▁Finally ▁real ising ▁how ▁he ▁has ▁been ▁dece ived , ▁R oder igo ▁curs es ▁I ago ▁before ▁being ▁st ab bed ▁and ▁left ▁for ▁dead . ▁But ▁it ▁is ▁later ▁revealed ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁written ▁letters ▁before ▁his ▁death