What is the major conflict in the work?

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 What is the major conflict in the work? How is it resolved?  Why does the conjurer not want to reveal how he did his most impressive trick? What does the conjurer mean when he says to Smith, “I want you to be martyred.”?  (act three)  How does this related to the main point of the play?   

*Discussions must be at least 250+ words. 

Textbook: The Norton Anthology Western Literature 9th Edition