using a class to display an image

I posted this earlier in animate forum. Hope it is ok to repost here.

I am embedding an image in its own class called character.

the code for the class is here:

package{

import flash.display.DisplayObject;
import flash.display.Sprite;

public class Character extends Sprite
{

[Embed(source="../images/character.png)]
public var GameObjectImage:Class;
public var gameObjectImage:DisplayObject = new GameObjectImage();

public function Character()
{

this.addChild(gameObjectImage);
}

}

}

Then in my application class I create a new character object like this:

public var character:Character = new Character();

Then in a function i called createGameobjects I add the object to the stage with:

addGameObjectToStage(character, 50, 50);

which uses this function also in the application class:

public function addGameObjectToStage(gameObject:Sprite, xPos:int, yPos:int):void
{
stage.addChild(gameObject);
gameObject.x = xPos;
gameObject.y = yPos;
}

I just cant get this working. I was embedding images straight into the application class, I am advised to load all images into their own class  now. 

The errors I get point to the Character class.

thanks in advance guys.