Hedda’s Bored!?!?!

I am not sure if I really fully understand Hedda’s character, besides the fact that she a controlling and authoritative. But, she is constantly complaining of how bored she is. She looks to her pistols as an escape from her boredom. The pistols represent her masculine up bringing as they were a gift from her father, General Gabler. The pistols are one explanation why Hedda’s character is so masculine. And when Hedda pretends to shot Judge Brack, but he gently takes the pistols away from her…what was her motive? Following that incident though, Hedda again precedes to complain to Judge Brack that her honeymoon with George was so boring….and she also tells Judge Brack how much she missed him. But, I still do not know why Hedda always complains so much and feels the need to constantly play with her pistols although the pistols represent Hedda’s dominance.