How does Victor now feel about the study of science?

, at first, is excited
to study science; his mind is of a rather scientific bent from his early childhood, and when he
gets to college, he is ecstatic to get to study it (though his focus must shift from the
pseudo-scientists with whom he is familiar to actual scientists). However, after the creation of
the "monster," Victor's feelings about science change completely. He falls terribly
ill and nearly dieshe would have died were it not for the ministrations of his best friend, and
afterward, he says, "the sight of a chemical instrument would renew all the agony of my
nervous symptoms." In addition, Victor "acquire[s] a dislike for the room which had
previously been [his] laboratory." In short, he no longer loves science; really, not only
does he no longer love it, he can no longer tolerate even the sight of a scientific instrument.
After this, his feelings regarding science never really alter for the remainder of his
life.