As you should know, more than one important thing happened in Act Two. For example, Hedda continues showing her manipulative side, by coercing Eilert Lovborg to go to Judge Brack's stag party. I think that this is when Hedda really shows her manipulative side for the first time. Sure she was manipulative in Act I when she was talking to Thea Elvsted, and wanted information about Lovborg, but maybe shes just s gossip.
We know that Hedda is extremely bored with her life with George, but this manipulation stems from a deeper well than her just being a spoiled rich girl with nothing else to do, this manifests from Hedda lack of control in her life. She even says "for once in my life, I want to have power over a human being."(272) I believe that Hedda's urge for control stems from the era that she was from. Men, even George Tesman, whom Hedda appears to easily control, has more power in society than her. This fosters a resentment in Hedda, and a need to exercise control over others.
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